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    Cerebral Palsy

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    Cerebral palsy encompasses a group of conditions that are caused by problems in brain development. Disturbances in the brain usually occur during fetal or infant brain development and effects movement and motor control in children (Lisovska‚ 2016). The cerebral cortex‚ which is the part of the brain responsible for directing muscle movement‚ is damaged and cerebral palsy thus develops. Cerebral palsy can be classified into four types which are made distinct because of its location and abnormality

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    Society’s opinion on something is never fixed. It is unstable and constantly changing quickly due to new ideas and information. Certain ideas on things such as how to treat people different than you that was believed thousands of years ago is no longer believed today. The way society has treated people with disabilities has drastically changed over the years. Daniel Keyes was born in 1927 and as a young adult he entered the U.S Maritime Marines to help pay for schooling. After that he got his B

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    Discuss how you would perform the role of Rose in the Recruiting Officer‚ in two or three sections of the play‚ in order to create comedy for your audience. The two sections of the Recruiting Officer where I would perform the role of Rose in order to create comedy for the audience would be Rose’s first encounter with Plume in Act 3 scene 1 and later in act 4 scene 1. Rose’s physical appearance and facial features would assist the creation of comedy for the audience in her first appearance in

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    Doesn’t everyone want to be intelligent. Some are very lucky to have intelligence but some are not so lucky. Like the character Charlie Gordon from the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon has a chance to have a surgery to make him smarter. As you know enery thing comes with a risk. With surgery it might make him die. Their was only one animal that survived the the surgery and his name was Algernon. So I don’t think he should have had the operation. First than first he went

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    Support Plan Outline Educational Advocacy Anna has been diagnosed with autism or autism spectrum disorder‚ ASD‚ and there is no known cure. Scientists are not sure what causes autism‚ but they think environmental and biological factors are contributors. “Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts‚ including deficits in social reciprocity‚ nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction‚ and

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    CT261 Aims Understand Mental Health Problems This unit aims to provide the learner with knowledge of the main forms of mental health problems according to the psychiatric classification system. Learners also consider the strengths and limitations of this model and look at alternative frameworks for understanding mental distress. The focus of the unit is on understanding the different ways in which mental health problems impact on the individual and others in their social network. It also considers

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    I am Sam Disability

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    I chose the movie I am Sam to challenge my own opinion on how people with disabilities should be treated under certain circumstances. I am Sam is a movie about a mentally challenged man‚ named Sam‚ striving to raise his daughter‚ Lucy‚ alone. Diagnosed with Autism‚ Sam’s intellectual capacity cannot exceed the age of 7. As we watch Lucy grow up under Sam’s roof‚ we are able to see the love they have for each other. When Lucy reaches the age of 8‚ social workers see this as an issue‚ so they place

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    Flowers for Algernon

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    Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 1. Start of Something Good by Daughtry 2. People are Strange by Pink Floyd 3. Flash Back by Calvin Harris 4. Runaway by Linkin Park 5. Lonely Day by System of a Down Start of Something Good by Daughtry You never know when you’re gonna meet someone and your whole wide world in a moment comes undone You’re just walking around then suddenly Everything that you thought that you knew about love is gone You find out it’s all been wrong

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    Mental Health

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    relate. It is of course something of an estimate as only a detailed assessment and continued evaluation can identify the need in detail. Range of health needs and services that may be accessed impact. Rhoda has been referred to the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) by her GP. There is nothing to indicate any acute problem and the CMHT approach is appropriate to provide the best solution in supporting Rhonda. However‚ the indications are that there is a wide range of problems and will require

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    Mental Illness and Homelessness Cynthia Finley Argosy University Abstract The debate over mental illness and homelessness has been around for years. Everyone has a view or an opinion about whether or not mental illness is related to homelessness. The fact is that most people who are mentally ill cannot do the basic things that are needed to be able to maintain a balanced life‚ therefore they find themselves out on the streets. Statistics show that most people who are living on the streets

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