the word “deaf” is capitalized‚ and other times it is not. Why is this? It is because with the capitalization of the word “deaf” the meaning changes greatly. The definition of the term “deaf”‚ when written with a lowercase d‚ “refers to a physical condition characterized by a relative lack of auditory sensitivity to sound” (Flaskerud 317). To put it plainly‚ it is a way to describe an individual’s acute lack of hearing abilities. Capital “D” Deaf‚ on the other hand‚ is associated with deaf individuals
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Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder is a mental disorder that is usually detected during the stages of early childhood. The disorder affects many different functions of the brain. It occurs in one of every five hundred births. Autism causes problems with the speech‚ language‚ social interaction‚ intelligence‚ and the compulsive behavior of a person. The primary focus of this paper is to give a general definition and description of autism. There are several different types of autism that will be introduced
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Many people don’t know a person with autism. This happened to one family. Natalie has an older brother that has autism. Her brother‚ Patrick‚ has autism‚ but she doesn’t see him as that. He can retell you word for word what happened in the ten pages that he just read. Natalie likes to n go out in public with her brother‚ but everyone doesn’t see him as society’s “norm.” He has a brilliant mind that no one else but him will have that power to tell you something word for word. Sometimes when people
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Anxiety in high-functioning children with autism was written by three authors‚ Alinda Gillott‚ Fred Furniss‚ Ann Walter D‚ The author’s main purpose was to compare traits of so called “normal” children against children that have been tested and labeled high functioning autistic. The groups were matched for both gender and age. The main research of this paper dealt with Anxiety levels of normal children‚ opposed to the anxiety levels of those children with autism‚ The article also linked a comparison
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the “Occupy” movement is in every city with large amounts of citizen protests choosing a less conventional method of political expression‚ rather than the electoral process. Like that of “Occupy‚” today there are infinite options to support certain causes‚ instead of just joining one of the two major parties and vote Republican or Democrat. The amount of third parties and interest groups are at their historical highest. Electoral Absence would be a more politically correct term for what is “Voter Apathy
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2014 Dr. Gigi Servis The brain is separated into four main lobes‚ which include the frontal‚ temporal‚ parietal‚ and occipital lobe. The frontal lobes are concerned with management of movement‚ from stimulation of a person muscles to conceptual planning on what to carry out. The temporal lobe is the main area for premature auditory processing and a high-level visual processing area. The frontal lobes are located on the front and the top area of the brain. Their major functions include
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Psy-101-22 W Professor Kulpa6/16/2014 The Brain Neuroscientists have proven that the activity in the brain is altered when an individual is subject to extremely stressful or exciting circumstances. In the documentary multiple unique qualities of the brain are explored‚ studied‚ and tested to determine how we can benefit from understanding the functions of the brain. Learning about the fundamentals of the brain in the text made understanding the procedures our brain undergoes to process information‚ react
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Deaf Education Jamie Leppala Position Essay Nancy Levant English 132 8 December 2014 Deaf education has been topic of controversy ever since it inclusion into public school and higher education. Mainstreaming of the deaf and hard of hearing in regular school classrooms did not become an issue in the U.S until the early 1970’s. Prior to 1970‚ there were no schools that had programs for deaf and hard of hearing children. “The government thought that it was not their responsibility to
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Love The saying ’love makes the world go round’ is accurate‚ in a metaphorical sense. Some people may disagree‚ saying that greed or money makes the world go round‚ but in order to be greedy you have to love something (or at least feel passionately about it) and the most common thing greedy people crave is money‚ even if it is to buy other things. Films are made about it‚ books and songs and poems are written‚ artists draw and paint and sculpt‚ people spend their entire lives waiting for ’The
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world. Being Deaf is more than just not being able to hear. They have a different language and different beliefs about their place in the world. Being Deaf means being surrounded by the Deaf culture since birth. Notice that when referring to the culture‚ Deaf is capitalized. When deaf is lowercase‚ it is simply referring to the condition of not being able to hear. There will also be references to those who are hard-of-hearing‚ which means they have moderate hearing loss‚ or they became deaf later in
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