Review Of The Documentary 'That Down Syndrome'

Adrian Martin Vega with only 8 years of age became the child with a disability who has thrilled internet with his singing.He sang when he was in the cart on the street and from three years is accompanied by his wooden box and keyboard.It did not stop him, from being born with hydrocephalus and congenital malformation in his hands.Adrian Martin Vega has been under 15 E.R operations.Intelectual disability did not stop this young boy from meeting his favorite famous singer Natalia Jimenez.Adrian met Natalia jimenez in a program called “Teleton” which benefits young children with intelectual disability globaly all around the world.They were shooting from diffrent parts of the U.S. and Natalia was live in miami while adrian was in los angeles.That
same night Natalia heard him sing and decided to fly directly to Los Angeles while se had been preforming in miami.The next day when they went live again Adrian finally meets Natalia and sing live. "Natalia Jimenez Ft. Adrian Martin Vega." YouTube. YouTube, 03 Dec. 2015. Web. 19 Jan. 2016. Many people ask what is an intellectual disability,Well an intellectual disability is Intellectual functioning—also called intelligence—refers to general mental capacity, such as learning, reasoning, problem solving, and so on. But this disability does not stop adults or teenagers from accomplishing school or other goals in life. Like Katie Apostolides whose has been dedicated on working hard for her preparation for midterms since her first day of college. Katie has tutoring and she has her own strategies in order for her to stay on task. Apostolides has been working hard on her classes she has been looking for to receive her associate's degree. "Katie is a very different young woman now than she was in high school, a woman who has learned skills beyond academics," Paulette Apostolides says. "I've met a surprising number of college students at Becker and at Mount Aloysius who have thanked me for the opportunity to get to know Katie. She has awakened them to the capabilities of students with intellectual disabilities and has even encouraged some 'normal' students to work harder and do better, too.”( Paulette Apostolides) Down syndrome is not stopping Katie from accomplishing her dreams she is going to fight and prove those people that probably doubted that she was going to accomplish something in life. Down Syndrome is one of many intellectual disability.There are many programs that help out this cause one of them is called “We're more alike than different”.
Were more alike than different is a program that helps children or any person with intellectual disability. there has been many documentaries over this disability. Their is many different stories over the intellectual disability.For example the documentary of Mark Hubler, Moira Rosie, Christopher Scott, and Christi Hockel. This documentary is about how three adults with down syndrome live their lifes like a normal adult would live their life daily. Down syndrome does not stop them at all from accomplishing what they want to accomplish in their lives. "We're More Alike Than Different." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 25 Jan.
2016. Intellectual disability is the definition used when a person has a certain limitation in mental functioning and in skills such as communicating,taking care of him or herself, and social skills.
These limitations will cause a child to learn and develop more slowly than a typical child.There are many different stages of intellectual disabilities:Mild,Moderate,Severe, and Profound intellectual disability.Each stage has an explanation to why and how children or adults can be noticed with intellectual disability and to what stage each and one of them belong to. Experts have divided these stages apart by doing IQ tests.Experts studied that you can tell apart and say that a child might have Moderate or even Profound intellectual
disability. Moderate intellectual disability was tested on IQ in education use and the results were 50 to 70. This stage of disability is typically slower in all development areas.Sometimes their is no unusual physical characteristics,some are able to learn practical life skills.Moderate intellectual disability attains reading and math skills up to grade levels 3 to 6 and are able to blend socially and function in daily life. Experts also added that about 85% of humans that are considered and have intellectual disability fall in the category of mild which many even can achieve many academic success. Profound intellectual disability is another example of studies that experts have done. In this study they Have found that on the IQ tests less than 20 in education use.This stage of disability requires of many things;close supervision, attendant to help in self-care activities,not capable of independent living,and lastly not responding to physical and social activities.People including children require 24/7 support and care, also they require and depend on other people every single day of their lives and have extremely limited things to do including communication which is one of the main things we need in order for us to get what we want to get. Their is many different types of intellectual disability and depending on what stage your child is on. For example in math there is language disability,visual impairment, or problems with memory, organization, and sequencing.Their are many children that struggle with memorizing and organizing numbers and math facts,They might have an intellectual disability in math.also they might have many difficulties telling time and how to think. Also in writing it can involve in physical activity,and either mental activity in comprehending and putting information together.Children with writing disability have many problems in eit
-her forming letters,even words, or even writing expressions.This includes messy writing,having accuracy in writing words,problem spelling out words,or even organizing when writing.Experts have found a way for intellectual kids that have writing disabilities.They found out that they can use an alternative pencil,that will help kids know how to handle a pencil,and also help them.Their are many different things that have been invented for these kids to be able to learn how to read and write What is autism and spectrum disorder?Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a serious disorder that blocks a child's ability to interact and communicate with other people. Autism and autism spectrum disorder are both in a similar group called complex disorder of brain development.These to intellectual disabilities have difficult times trying to interact with social,verbal and nonverbal communication with behaviors.Also ASD has difficulties in coordination and attention in physical and health issues,such as trying to sleep.Usually people with ASD have very good skills in math,music,art, and math. In autism you can slowly see when a child has autism which this tends to be at the age between 2 and 3 years of age.Autism speaks by itself you can slowly notice it, when you see any rare behavior in you child.THere are therapies that can improve outcomes. Autism can increase drastically but the key is to the problem of this work is to play an invaluable role. The Cause Of Autism is a book written by Gary Steinman, this book represents and examines the multiple ways that have been explained in how autism is caused. There are many things but they have found out that their has been many confusions in the diagnostics to this disorder. Years have past by and now they found out that the issue in autism has reached the level of many concerns and many attention to the general and specific people that do not have this disorder.The writers and authors to this book have a task and have going forward to make this book interesting for professionals doctors and people that may read this book.The cause Of Autism is a book with many details in it, but although much has been learned about brain function,there is a great deal of research yet to be discovered. For many years people with intellectual disabilities have been decreasing in many societies around the entire world.What people mean is parents families try to hide many children,adult etc. that have mental intellectual disabilities in their homes.For example their isolated from the public.This is were Invisible No More right comes in,the writer of this book is renowned Vincenzo Pietropaolo. Invisible No More is a book with more than 100 dynamic images and thirty important stories on people that live with someone or a person that has intellectual disability.Also it talks about those who had autism, and were born with Down syndrome. This book gives us examples and talks about how us adults and children that were blessed to be born maybe “Perfect” look down on those who have intellectual disability and make it feel so uncomfortable for those who have intellectual disability,"make raindrops, dance with wheelchairs, walk in the park, perform piano concerts, work for a living, and navigate through all the traffic ahead” said Vincenzo Pietropaolo. Invisible no more has been rated 4 stars and has been read by many people. You are not obligated to do everything a healthy person does. You are not obligated to be an inspiration. your are not obligated to hide your illness in order to make other people comfortable. You are allowed to have bad days. You are allowed to stay in bed if yoyu cant get up to do anything but go to hte bethroom.it is not your fault if other people leave you beacuse of your ilness. it is not your fault that you are sick.You dont have to apologize for something that is out of your control .-Unknown