Disabilities Candace Calder Grand Canyon University: SPE 226 October 20‚ 2014 Disabilities As our understanding of learning‚ biology‚ and psychology progresses‚ our awareness increases of the prevalence and diversity of learning disabilities. Intellectual disabilities present unique challenges. Autism and spectrum disorders are only now being differentiated. Further‚ severe and multiple disability situations present their own opportunities and issues. It is only through understanding the
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Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Grand Canyon University SPE 526 Professor Elizabeth Jorgensen ABSTRACT Students and adults can be affected by many disabilities. Some maybe genetics‚ some self inflicted by accidents‚ in order to help the person with the disability we must first understand the reason behind the problem to better help the person affected by the disability. All disabilities affect individual in different wants‚ from learning disabilities to blindness each person and
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In the month of March 2012‚ I volunteered at Burger School for Students with Autism in the fine arts classroom where students learn about music‚ fine arts‚ reading‚ and computers. I began my volunteering in the first week of March and finished my total of fifteen hours on the sixteenth of April. While volunteering at Burger‚ I was supervised by a woman named Michelle Orow‚ the technology teacher in the fine arts classroom. In the process of completing a degree in elementary education‚ I have enrolled
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Developmental Disabilities can affect many aspects of a person’s life. One aspect that is often overlooked is how having a developmental disability affects a person’s sexuality. According to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act; A Developmental Disability is defined as‚ a severe chronic disability that originated at birth‚ is expected to continue indefinitely‚ and substantially restricts the individual’s functioning in several major life activities (About Developmental
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Autism- Is There an Issue with Over Diagnosing? One in 68 boys and one in 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in America. This means that in our school‚ potentially 28 boys and 10 girls have autism. As a junior in high school I was able to read many articles about Autism and over diagnosing. There could be many people at your school who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and you would not know. I will be talking about what Autism is‚ if there is an issue of over diagnosing ASD‚ and the reasons why
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Causes and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder. This disorder can affect a child’s ability to converse and interact with others. One (1) in sixty-eight (68) children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the United States. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is almost five times more common amongst boys than girls. There are many speculations on what causes ASD. Genes are a very big part of what many scientists believe can cause
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PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Abstract Intellectual disability‚ autism‚ severe disabilities‚ and deaf and blindness‚ all these are different disabilities that fall under the umbrella of Special Education. As a special educator it is very critical for one to learn about all the different disabilities‚ to know about the causes and the characteristics. Students with disabilities are evaluated by their school to determine if they are eligible for
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Autism Autobiography Autism‚ what does this mean? What kind of impact can it have on a family‚ on a child? The definition of Autism is a variable developmental disorder that appears by age three and is characterized by impairment of the ability to form normal social relationships‚ by impairment of the ability to communicate with others‚ and by stereotyped behavior patterns. (1) There are many impacts of Autism‚ particularly with the family because having a child born with Autism means a
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Autism is a severe developmental disorder that debilitates the ability to communicate and socially interact with others. It is important to include science as well as the field of psychology to better understand autism and find a solution. A plausible explanation is the disruption in DNA that results in a genetic mutation or inherited from the parents of the offspring. Psychologist believe that the disorder is cause by the lack of development of certain components in the brain. Biological occurrences
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from other children‚ but often the difference that is perceived as challenging and frustrating is often advantageous‚ novel and useful if handled in proper way. Autism is often classified by psychologists as a severe form of psychopathology that alters the cognitive ability of the patient. However‚ I find it very unconvincing to label autism as a form of pathology (or a disease) because more than a disease it is actually just a different way to see world. Many autistic people grow up to be remarkable
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