Advocacy for Down Syndrome What is advocacy? Advocacy is speaking acting‚ writing with minimal conflict of interest on behalf of the sincerely perceived interests of a disadvantaged person or group to promote‚ protect and defend their welfare and justice by being on their side and no-one else’s‚ being primarily concerned with their fundamental needs‚ remaining loyal and accountable to them in a way which is emphatic‚ and vigorous and which is‚ or is likely to be‚ costly to the advocate or advocacy
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Introduction This assignment will explore the condition Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Its definition‚ symptoms and causes will be examined‚ taking into account both the physical and psychological factors. The treatment of IBS will be explored‚ describing the conventional treatments used to manage the symptoms of IBS and in more detail the use and benefits of psychological interventions like hypnotherapy of which a variety of techniques can be used to manage symptoms and provide relief. A conclusion
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Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome When you think of your body attacking itself‚ what comes to mind? Many people have a hard time understanding how your own body would attack itself and how it would do it. Your immune system plays a big role in your everyday life to help protect you from the outside world to prevent you from getting infected with any living bacteria or virus. Your body is capable of producing and breaking down many things‚ but it’s also capable of destroying itself with autoimmune
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Progeria‚ also known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome‚ is a rare‚ fatal genetic condition causing visible appearances of accelerated aging in children. This affects children and makes them look as if they have aged too quickly as well as other characteristics. But when was the first case of this rare disease discovered? And how did they overcome it? Doctors Jonathan Hutchinson (1828 – 1913) and Hastings Gilford (1861 – 1941) were the very first doctors to discover this disease in 1897
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Klinefelter’s Syndrome is a genetic condition that is only found in males and the male is born with an extra copy of the X chromosome. It was first diagnosed by Dr. Harry Klinefelter and his coworker in 1942. They did a group research of men who had the symptoms of Klinefelter syndrome. By late 1950‚ Dr.Klinefelter discovered that the men with Klinefelter syndrome had an extra sex chromosome making them XXY instead of a normal male XY. “Klinefelter’s syndrome occurs in about 1 in 500-1000 male births
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Situations of kidnapping are traumatizing‚ and terrifying. So in cases of Stockholm Syndrome‚ it is very perplexing why a hostage would bond with their kidnapper‚ who is the cause of their trauma. Generally‚ one would think of their kidnapper as an evil‚ cruel‚ inhumane individual‚ but why would Stockholm Syndrome develop and make someone see their captor in a positive light? Overall‚ Stockholm Syndrome develops as a defence mechanism‚ and it makes the victim form an attachment to their captor which
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characteristics of the middle born child or children. The middle or second born child or children often have the sense of not belonging. They fight to receive attention from parents and others because they feel many times they are being ignored or dubbed off as being the same as another sibling. Being in the middle a child can feel insecure. The middle child often lacks drive and looks for direction from the first born child. Sometimes a middle child feels out of place because they are not over
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Chronic Shock Introduction & Stage Model Chronic Shock • Chronic shock is the re-experiencing of a catastrophic event‚ and not resolving the physical/psychological effects of that catastrophe. • Many ACoAs/CoSAs‚ due to the rules and expectations in addictive homes‚ live with chronic shock. Shock State Physical level— • Body is preparing to manage the disaster: – Breathing patterns change. The person holds their breath during the initial phase‚ then moves to uneven breathing.
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Carpenter ants like to burrow into soft and rotting wood. They like to make nests inside of oak trees that are already diseased or compromised. The presence of carpenter ants can prevent a diseased or compromised tree from recovering and continuing to thrive. Here is what you need to do if you have carpenter ants living in any of the oak trees on your property. Locate The Nest The first thing you need to do is locate the nest. Carpenter ants generally live together in colonies and build nests where
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of a rape or sexual assault may begin to develop rape trauma syndrome (RTS) (Rape Trauma Syndrome‚ 2007). Rape trauma syndrome can have a significant impact on a person’s physical‚ psychological‚ social or sexual aspects of his or her life and is divided
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