Mowat-Wilson syndrome affects many organs. Its main characteristics are moderate to severe intellectual disability, distinctive facial features, a small head (microcephalus), severe constipation and epilepsy.
A tirade is a speech, usually consisting of a long string of violent, emotionally charged words. Borrow and lose your roommateâs clothes one too many times, and you can bet youâll be treated to a heated tirade. The noun tirade is related to the Italian word tirata, which means volley.. So imagine a very angry person lobbing harsh words and strings of profanity in your direction when you want to remember what tirade means.
Itâs invisible. I call it Emotional Neglect. Emotional Neglect is a parentâs failure to respond enough to a childâs emotional needs. Emotional Neglect is, in some ways, the opposite of mistreatment and abuse. Whereas mistreatment and abuse are parental acts, Emotional Neglect is a parentâs failure to act. Itâs a failure to notice, attend to, or respond appropriately to a childâs feelings. Because itâs an act of omission, itâs not visible, noticeable or memorable.