can inflict serious‚ permanent physical and mental damage on her child. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol she is making her child drink also. In knowing how Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can be prevented‚ what the symptoms are‚ and who and what make up the risk factors fetal alcohol syndrome can be better understood. The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome states "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the name given to a group of physical and mental birth defects that are the direct result of
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neck‚ flattened nose‚ single crease in the palm of the hand‚ small ears‚ small mouth‚ upward slanting eyes‚ wide‚ short hands with short fingers‚ white spots on the colored part of the eye. The condition is often associated with some level of mental retardation or learning disabilities. These individuals are also slower to develop social and practical skills‚ but not all at the same rate. Most of the time language skills may be slow to develop as well as adaptive thinking that helps people function
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Forrest Gump is a film that portrays the life of a man who has borderline intellectual functioning‚ from when he was young‚ all through his adulthood. Forrest was the victim of ongoing bullying and abuse from the mean-spirited children in his area. The movie shows the challenges he faced and how he overcame them‚ some with luck‚ but others with his ability; despite the fact that he has an IQ of 75. The story plays off in a series of decades in the life of Forrest Gump‚ a slow-witted yet athletically
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played in FAS? 1. Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Explained Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a lifelong‚ most common non-genetic yet preventable set of physical‚ mental and neurobehavioral birth defects associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy and is the leading known cause of mental retardation and birth defects. (Stratton‚ K.‚ Howe‚ C.‚ & Battaglia‚ F.‚ 2004) The South African National Council on Alcoholism defines FAS as a term used to describe children who have
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anger/upset to confused distress. Penn’s Sam appeared to be a composite of many different aspects of mental retardation blended into one character. He was believable and did not take his representation overtly overboard. In the film are two actors who in real life have developmental disabilities: Brad Silverman and Joseph Rosenberg. Silverman has Down syndrome and Rosenberg has an undefined mental retardation. They both acted their roles but within their acting their personal handicaps were displayed.
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the treatment and the education of students with intellectual disabilities has developed into the current existing legal mandates and provisions for students with intellectual disabilities. In the 1500’s and before people that had disabilities or mental illness were looked at as being possessed by the Devil or a sinner. They were often burned at the stake‚ tortured‚ and left to die. This was purely based on religious beliefs. During this time people needed a reason for the unexplained so they could
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Forrest Gumps psychological disorder would be identified as Mild Mental Retardation and Asperbergers. Asperger syndrome is often considered a high functioning form of autism. It can lead to difficulty interacting socially‚ repeat behaviors‚ and clumsiness. Mental retardation and intellectual disability‚ (MR/ID)‚ exists in children whose brains do not develop properly or function within the normal range. There are four levels of retardation: mild‚ moderate‚ severe‚ and profound. In Forrest Gumps case
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as the focus of this paper are the mentally retarded or intellectually disabled. According to the tenth revision of the WHO (world health Organization): intellectual disability (ID) is a disorder defined by the presence of incomplete or arrested mental development‚ principally characterized by the deterioration of concrete functions at each stage of development and that contribute to the overall level of intelligence‚ such as cognitive‚ language‚ motor‚ and socialization functions; in this anomaly
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languages‚ again excelling beyond all expectations. It was here too that she became fascinated with the biological sciences‚ and began to dream of pursuing a career in medicine. Despite her gender‚ she was allowed to study medicine. When she presented her thesis in 1896‚ her absolute brilliance so impressed the all-male board of review that they awarded her a medical degree‚ making her Italy’s first woman doctor. After this accomplishment she was promoted to surgical assistant at Santo Spirito‚ where she
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Fragile X syndrome‚ also called Martin-Bell syndrome‚ is a syndrome of X-linked mental retardation. In 1943‚ Martine and Bell described a pedigree of X-linked mental disability. Chris and Weesam were first to sight an unusual “maker X chromosome” with mental disability in 1969. It is also the most common known cause of autism. Autism is a brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication. It can also cause restricted and repetitive behavior. It all starts before
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