Students with mild intellectual disabilities usually exhibit adaptive behavioral skills significantly below average. Adaptive behavior includes social‚ conceptual‚ and practical skills use by people on a daily basis. Students with mild intellectual disabilities also have an IQ lower than 98% of their school age peers (Rosenberg M.S.‚ Westling‚ D.L.and McLeskey J.‚ 2012) Characteristics: Easily distracted Deficits in memory and motivation Poor social skills Low achievement in all academic
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Ageing and Disability Worksheet ETH/125 September 2013 Constance Dolecki Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1 The older generations often time experience unequal treatment in the workplace and are subject to prejudice and discrimination. (Pearson‚ 2012) 2 Older members of society share physical differences that set them apart from the younger generations. (Pearson‚ 2012) 3 The aging population are involuntary included into clubs or groups determined by their
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Developmental disabilities include epilepsy‚ fetal alcohol syndrome‚ cerebral palsy‚ and any other disorder occurring during the developmental period‚ in addition to intellectual impairment. These developmental disability syndromes are commonly associated with intellectual impairment. Also known as intellectual disability‚ intellectual impairment is characterized by severe cognitive deficits‚ generally relating to thought processes (FAQs on Intellectual Disability‚ 2013). Approximately 50% of
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feel reflect some of the contrasting models of disability which we have looked at in Units 1-4 of the course materials (E214‚ The Open University‚ 2010). The first resource comes from the National Autistic Society’s website and the second comes from the national newspaper The Guardian. The first resource (Appendix A) is an information page entitled ‘What is Asperger Syndrome’ and particularly focusses on the medical/deficit model of disability‚ a model which involves identifying symptoms‚ diagnosing
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Physical and Sensory Disability Strategy and Action Plan 2012 – 2015 February 2012 List of Contents Foreword Executive Summary 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 Page No Vision and Values ...................................................................................8 Prevalence and Need ............................................................................ 18 Promoting Positive Health‚ Wellbeing and Early Intervention .......... 37 Providing Better Services to Support Independent
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Abstract People with Autism tend to face difficulties in social interaction. This study examined the possibility that the cause of these social difficulties is heightened anxiety in response to social situations. First year psychology students were asked to complete three surveys online‚ in order to test their anxiety levels‚ as well as the extent to which they demonstrate autistic-like traits. The results indicated a link between anxiety and autistic-like traits in the general population. Due
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MODELS OF DISABILITY STUDIES | MORAL-RELIGIOUS | BIO-MEDICAL | FUNCTIONAL | ENVIRON-MENTAL | SOCIO-POLITICAL | DEFINITION | Views disability as a punishment inflicted upon an individual or family by an external force. It can be due to misdemeanors committed by the disabled person‚ someone in the family or community group‚ or forbears. Birth conditions can be due to actions committed in a previous reincarnation. People are morally responsible for their own disability. | Focuses on purely biological
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UNIT 34: UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL DISABILITY – LEARNING OUTCOME 2 2.1 Define the term “physical disability” Physical disability pertains to total or partial loss of a person’s bodily functions (e.g. walking‚ gross motor skills‚ bladder control etc) and total or partial loss of a part of the body (e.g. a person with an amputation). Simply stated‚ a physical disability is any type of physical condition that significantly impacts one or more major life activities. That is a pretty broad definition‚ but the
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Raising a Child with a Disability: Journal Entry #2: Summary: This article mainly examines ways in which parents can deal properly with the news of being told that their child has a disability. There are a few stories in the article which emphasize the way the parents felt when they found out about their child’s disability. In most cases‚ the parents felt shattered‚ overwhelmed and completely shocked. The article explained that parents have an expectation of having that "perfect" child and
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A Review of Autism Spectrum Disorder Melissa Boyster PSY 203 Human Growth and Development Instructor: Hope Wilson A Review of Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) or sometimes referred to "autism"‚ is a chronic and complex developmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate or develop socially. Symptoms include delayed learning of language‚ difficulty with executive functioning‚ which relates to reasoning and planning‚ narrow and
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