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    between special schools and ordinary schools these learners will not be excluded. (1) A‚ B‚ C‚ (2) B‚ C‚ D (3) A‚ B‚ D (4) A‚ C‚ D 3 Choose the INCORRECT statement about epilepsy: (1) Children with epilepsy should live normal healthy lives. (2) Epileptic seizures could increase if there are affective disturbances. (3) Children with epilepsy sometimes manifest deviant tendencies which they can control. (4) In the case of a partial seizure a child does not lose consciousness completely. 4 ……. is an advanced

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    SEIZURE DISORDERS Seizures happen when the brain cells send out abnormal signals. When people have recurrent seizures it called a seizure disorder also known as Epilepsy. There are two general types of seizures; partial seizures and generalized seizures. Small partial seizures involve part of the brain. They symptoms include involuntary twitching of the muscles‚ changes in the vision‚ vertigo‚ and unusual taste and smells. The person does not lose consciousness. Complex partial seizures have

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    barriers that are put before us. Even though strategies are applied‚ some things cannot be abolished. Our schools have to do their best to curtail any problems to help the student learn especially those students that have seizures. Children with epilepsy can be average learners that present very well in their academics and in social settings if the seizure is a mild version and has no confirmation of the brain being abnormal other than the inclination to seizure. On the other hand there are students

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    things Jessie has never been good at‚ like being a mother‚ a good wife‚ or having any real skills because of her battle with epilepsy. Ben Brantley from the New York Times states‚ “Yet anger and score-settling satisfaction flicker betrayingly across her stark features as she itemizes the long list of minuses that make up her life: her failures as a wife and mother‚ her epilepsy‚ her lack of professional skills‚ the death of the father who appears to have been the only person she truly loved.” (Brantley)

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    ETH306W Inclusive Education B Question 1: 1. A learner who rubs his eyes excessively‚ shuts or covers his eyes‚ experiences a hearing problem 2. Learners suffering from albinism should sit in a darker place in the classroom‚ away from the windows - correct! 3. The type of eye condition & the amount of residual vision would not determine the assistance given to a learner in class Question 2: 1. Deafness is definitely not hereditary – it is caused by e.g. learners having

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    Febrile seizure A febrile seizure‚ also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion‚ is a convulsion associated with a significant rise in body temperature. They most commonly occur in children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age. They are more common in boys than girls. Signs and symptoms During generalized febrile seizures‚ the body will become stiff and the arms and legs will begin twitching. The child loses consciousness‚ although their eyes remain open. Breathing can be irregular

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    mediateclustering and Bencsits E‚ Ebert V‚ Tretter V‚ Sieghart W (1999) A significant part of native gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptors containing Brooks-Kayal AR‚ Raol YH‚ Russek SL (2009) Alteration of epileptogenesis genes Browne TR‚ Holmes GL (2001) Epilepsy. N Engl J Med 344:1145–1151 Choi DW (1987) Ionic dependence of glutamate neurotoxicity. J Neurosci 7:369–379 Clement AB‚ Hawkins A‚ Lichtman AH‚ Cravatt BF (2003) Increased 23:3916–3923 De Blas AL (1996) Brain GABAA receptors studied with subunit

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    better ways to prevent and treat diseases and improve health and well-being for people around the world. B. According to the Federal food & Drug Administration in December 1993 it was approved as a supplemental anti-seizure medication for epilepsy patients. 1. Neurontin is used to treat seizures‚ nerve pain caused by herpes virus or shingles. II. Next‚ I will explain what they have done. A. They developed an illegal marketing strategy for off-label uses of Neurontin after deciding

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    Levetiracetam Levetiracetam is probably a major breakthrough in the treatment of epilepsies. It is a highly effective‚ broad-spectrum‚ one of second generation AED with a unique mechanism of action. Chemical structure: Levetiracetam is a single enantiomer‚ (S)-α-ethyl-2-oxo-pyrrolidine acetamide. Its molecular formula is C8H14N2O2 and its molecular weight is 170.21. It is chemically unrelated to any of the other antiepileptic drugs. It is a white to off-white powder with a faint odor and bitter

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    significant sign of diagnosing the condition is experiencing two or more seizures in a 24 hour period (“The Epilepsies” 2016). Although there is no cure for epilepsy‚ the condition can be controlled with anticonvulsant drugs. I personally have prior knowledge of the condition from my AP Biology class. I immediately thought of my senior year of high school‚ when I first was taught about epilepsy. My friend Nadine showed us a documentary which showed an old man who would suddenly fall out of consciousness

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