Bell discovered that a specific form of mental retardation was X-linked. Both go on to describe a pedigree of X-linked mental disability. (Martin & Bell‚ 1943). Fragile X Syndrome has not been around for that long‚ actually less than eighty years. Later in 1969‚ Herbert Lubs a doctor developed the chromosomal test for Fragile X chromosome. Lubs accomplished this chromosomal test by first noticing an unusual "marker X chromosome" in association with mental disability. The chromosomal test was not
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causes autism and mental retardation among boys. Some symptoms of FXS are severe intellectual disabilities as well as physical symptoms such as a larger than usual face‚ large ears‚ large testicles and behavioral characteristics such as stereotypic movements and social anxiety. Fragile X syndrome is associated with the CGG trinucleotide expanding affecting the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene on the X chromosome‚ resulting in a failure to express the fragile X mental retardation protein which is
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Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities defined intellectual disability as being a person that has certain limitations in mental functioning and in skills such as communicating‚ taking care of one’s self‚ and social skills. Also‚ all of these limitations and more cause a person to learn and develop slower than any typical child. Autism is defined as a mental condition‚ present from early childhood‚ characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships. It also is a
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ecological conditions on the one hand and mental retardation on the other. His interests in mental retardation led to books such as The Cloak of Competence‚ which will be analyzed in this paper and Lives in Process. His ecological interests produced The Individual in Cultural Adaptation‚ followed by Rules‚ Exceptions and Social Order. He then turned his attention to studies of deviant behavior (Alone Together) and mental illness (Changing Perspectives in Mental Illness with S. Plog). In recent years
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with intellectual disability should have the same opportunities and have the same human rights as mainstream society (Nijre B 1969). In the 1970s‚ it was further developed by Wolf Wolfensberger through his work with the National Institute on Mental Retardation. Normalisation impacted greatly on the way services were operated and streamlined for people with intellectual disabilities throughout UK and Europe. It took the emphasis off the disability being viewed as a medical problem and focussed on
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The effect of prenatal alcohol exposure Scientific Writing June 2010 The effect of prenatal alcohol exposure Introduction: Alcohol is a drug with a depressant effect. Alcohol can negatively affect your brain‚ liver‚ central nervous system‚ and heart. The immediate effects of alcohol consumption are delayed reflexes and slurred speech. Since it is a depressant‚ alcohol slows down your
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communication‚ accommodations‚ modified lessons‚ and detailed individualized instructions. Intellectual disabilities affect many aspect of a person daily life with a variety of emotional‚ mental‚ social‚ and physical characteristics (Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation‚ n.d.). Intellectual disabilities are also known as mental retardation (National Institute of Health‚ 2010). When educating students diagnosed with intellectual disabilities individual education plans (IEP) play a large role in the education process
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across the country have adopted case management techniques to combat recidivism‚ homelessness‚ and joblessness. Case management is being used for arrestees‚ probationers‚ and parolees who need services such as batterer intervention‚ drug treatment‚ mental health treatment‚ or to provide help for mentally retarded offenders. This Research in Action examines different criminal justice case management models and critical issues regarding existing case management programs. The case management of offenders
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productive citizens. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES – MENTAL RETARDATION Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior‚ which covers many everyday social and practical skills (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)‚ 2012). Intellectual disabilities use to be referred to as mental retardation. Mental retardation is an intellectual disability caused by a birth defect
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own. Andie MacDowell portrays Beth’s sister Rachel Simon‚ a fashion photographer with a life of her own; separate from her family and has grown apart from Beth. The story tells of the life of Rachel’s sister Beth and her life as an adult with mental retardation. It is also speaks of the struggles that Beth has to go through every day by being different. The story interweaves Beth’s childhood and adolescence and how she came to be riding the buses all day‚ every day except for Sunday in Pennsylvania
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