A Critical Analysis Of Elyn Saks Experiences During Childhood And Adolescence

In final analysis, through Elyn Saks’ experiences during childhood and adolescence, research indicates that the premorbid development in the cognitive area is that children or adolescence tend to have lower scores on tests of intelligence and achievement and poorer grades in school. As for the motor skills they often show a delay and abnormalities in motor development. Unlike Elyn during her childhood and adolescence she said, “As the oldest, I did my best to stay ahead of him, working to excel at things a younger brother couldn’t yet do. I learned to ride my bike first. Once he was riding one, too, I simply rode mine faster and farther. I water skied first, and then more furiously than he did. I got good grades and made sure he knew it;” (p. 7). With these high grades Saks went to Oxford and Yale when she was older, which are competitive universities. Another premorbid development that Elyn
Elyn describes the differences in this quote, “I wasn’t diagnosed early; I wasn’t treated early. I stumbled around in the dark for years, clutching my Aristotle and negotiating my life as best I could, until I was blessed by the wisdom and guidance of Mrs. Jones, and given reason to hope in the future. But with Dr. Kerrigan’s announcement, those days had officially come to an end” (p. 171). This course deals with Elyn when she was in England, she received better diagnosis and treatment because she did have symptoms, but was not as bad as when she was hospitalized in America. According to research an active ingredient in cannabis called D-9 tetrahydrocannabinol can cause damage to the frontal lobe if someone abuses the drug. Even though Elyn smoked cannabis it did not affect her because her parents made her go to a rehabilitation service as soon as