Explain How Disability Can Affect Children And Young People's Development
Any aspect of a childâ€TMs development can be affected by disability.
Physical disability
A physical disability affects the mobility of children and young people and impacts their lifestyle, education and development throughout their life. In some cases a physical disability may involve other restrictions such as special dietary requirements or the need to use medical or adapted equipment. Physical disabilities and health conditions can be classified as congenital or acquired. Congenital conditions refer to children who are born with physical difficulties or develop them soon after their birth. An acquired disability happens through injury or disease during the development of a child. The impact of the disability can depend on what age or stage …show more content…
of a childâ€TMs development. Visual impairment
Children with a visual impairment may:
1) Be delayed in all areas of development, including cognitive, physical, emotional and neurological. 2) Struggle in their attainment of key developmental milestones such as acquiring communication and social skills, attaining orientation, mobility and life skills and understanding abstract ideas and concepts.
3) Have delayed social use of language due to lack of concept understanding, for example.
Hearing impairment
Children with a hearing impairment may:
1) Be delayed in the development of both receptive and expressive communication skills.
2) Experience difficulty in learning various aspects of verbal communication, including vocabulary, grammar and word order.
3) Need to communicate through a combination of oral and manual (including sign language and finger-spelling) methods, depending on the degree and type of deafness and a range of other factors. 4) Display developmental, psychological and emotional problems.
Learning disability
A child or young person might have a mild, moderate or severe learning disability, which will affect the amount of support they need in their day-to-day life. Children with a learning disability find it harder than others to learn, understand and communicate. Children with profound and multiple learning disabilities need full-time help with every part of their lives. It is important to understand that a learning disability is not a mental illness. It is also different to a learning difficulty, which is often used to describe things like dyslexia.
Children or young people who have a learning disability are aware of what goes on around them. However, their ability to understand and communicate may be limited, and they can find it hard to express themselves. Speech problems can make it even harder to make other people understand their feelings and needs. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists: “Children with a learning disability are more likely to develop mental health problems, for example anxiety, or have additional developmental disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) than other
children.―
Autistic spectrum disorder
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also influences how they make sense of the world around them.
According to the organisation Autism.org.uk: “Autism is a spectrum condition, which means that whilst all people with autism share certain difficulties and challenges, their condition will affect each individual in different ways. Some people are able to live relatively independent lives, but others may have accompanying learning disabilities and require a lifetime of specialist support. People with autism may also experience over or under-sensitivity to sounds, tastes, touch, smells, light or colours.―
Aspergerâ€TMs Syndrome is a form of autism; those living with Aspergerâ€TMs Syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence. They have fewer problems with speech but may still have difficulties with understanding and processing language.
It is estimated that one in every one hundred children in England has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Physical disability
A physical disability affects the mobility of children and young people and impacts their lifestyle, education and development throughout their life. In some cases a physical disability may involve other restrictions such as special dietary requirements or the need to use medical or adapted equipment. Physical disabilities and health conditions can be classified as congenital or acquired. Congenital conditions refer to children who are born with physical difficulties or develop them soon after their birth. An acquired disability happens through injury or disease during the development of a child. The impact of the disability can depend on what age or stage …show more content…
of a childâ€TMs development. Visual impairment
Children with a visual impairment may:
1) Be delayed in all areas of development, including cognitive, physical, emotional and neurological. 2) Struggle in their attainment of key developmental milestones such as acquiring communication and social skills, attaining orientation, mobility and life skills and understanding abstract ideas and concepts.
3) Have delayed social use of language due to lack of concept understanding, for example.
Hearing impairment
Children with a hearing impairment may:
1) Be delayed in the development of both receptive and expressive communication skills.
2) Experience difficulty in learning various aspects of verbal communication, including vocabulary, grammar and word order.
3) Need to communicate through a combination of oral and manual (including sign language and finger-spelling) methods, depending on the degree and type of deafness and a range of other factors. 4) Display developmental, psychological and emotional problems.
Learning disability
A child or young person might have a mild, moderate or severe learning disability, which will affect the amount of support they need in their day-to-day life. Children with a learning disability find it harder than others to learn, understand and communicate. Children with profound and multiple learning disabilities need full-time help with every part of their lives. It is important to understand that a learning disability is not a mental illness. It is also different to a learning difficulty, which is often used to describe things like dyslexia.
Children or young people who have a learning disability are aware of what goes on around them. However, their ability to understand and communicate may be limited, and they can find it hard to express themselves. Speech problems can make it even harder to make other people understand their feelings and needs. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists: “Children with a learning disability are more likely to develop mental health problems, for example anxiety, or have additional developmental disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) than other
children.―
Autistic spectrum disorder
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also influences how they make sense of the world around them.
According to the organisation Autism.org.uk: “Autism is a spectrum condition, which means that whilst all people with autism share certain difficulties and challenges, their condition will affect each individual in different ways. Some people are able to live relatively independent lives, but others may have accompanying learning disabilities and require a lifetime of specialist support. People with autism may also experience over or under-sensitivity to sounds, tastes, touch, smells, light or colours.―
Aspergerâ€TMs Syndrome is a form of autism; those living with Aspergerâ€TMs Syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence. They have fewer problems with speech but may still have difficulties with understanding and processing language.
It is estimated that one in every one hundred children in England has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).