diagnosis of Tourette’s syndrome (TS) requires many motor tics (movements) and at least one vocal or phonic tic (sound)‚ with symptoms beginning before age 18 and lasting more than a year. Often the earliest signs are rapid blinking and twitching of the mouth and nose. Other motor tics are head jerking‚ tooth grinding‚ neck twisting‚ abnormal postures and muscle contractions. More complex movement tics include facial contortions‚ squatting‚ deep
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on when using words that others find offensive. In an article by Patricia E. Bauer‚ she explains that the word retard or retarded should be banned in media and should not be used among individuals in daily conversations. Bauer’s daughter has down syndrome‚ an intellectual disability. What inspired her to write a lengthy blog post was when she and her daughter overheard someone using the word retard at the movies. She immediately cringed as many people would had if they take offense to the word. However
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AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll is a Swedish football club from Solna‚ Stockholm. They play in the highest division in Sweden called Allsvenskan. They are often established up high in the tables and AIK is ranked as one of the best teams in Sweden. AIK is also the biggest club in Sweden‚ with more supporters than any other club and they also play at Råsunda‚ Sweden’s national football arena. The past three years has been like a rollercoaster for the club. In 2009 AIK won the double (Allsvenskan and Svenska
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According to Web MD‚ Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) is a misbehavior in which the caregiver fabricates‚ exaggerates or induces either mental or psychological damage to a child in order to gain the attention of medical providers and/or other people to perpetuate the common relationship. Evidently‚ the caregiver is who needs medical attention to stop escalating the child abuse. Diagnosing MSP is very difficult because of the dishonesty that is involved. Doctors and all healthcare personnel
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close reading of the text indicates that Mary behaves predictably during her captivity with the Indians and suffered from what is currently referred to as Stockholm Syndrome‚ an unconscious psychological response and defense mechanism exhibited by hostages in their will to survive. Mary exhibits the following characteristics of Stockholm Syndrome: submitting to and bonding with captors; mistaking a lack of abuse by captors for acts of kindness; and gratitude for not being killed. The reader
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Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism characterized by certain social difficulties and certain patterns of interest. As in other form of autism Asperger syndrome doesn ’t result in mental retardation‚ except in some cases were mild retardation is present. It also involves delays in the development of basic skills especially in the social interaction area. At the same time some repetitive behavior might be observed as in hand movements and an obsession over a certain area. In the movie my name is
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Trisomy 18 also known as Edward’s syndrome‚ is the second most common aneuploidy in comparison to Down Syndrome or Trisomy 21. Edward’s syndrome is a chromosomal condition prompted by an error in cell division. This prognosis is very rare and as a result there are fewer than 20‚000 cases per year in the United States. Due to several life-threatening medical problems in correspondence to this demoralizing condition‚ many individuals with Edward’s syndrome die before birth or within their first month
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E5 Down’s syndrome is a disorder caused by a fault of the chromosomes; the pieces of DNA containing the outline for the human body. Normally a person has two copies of each chromosome but a person with Down syndrome has three copies. The extra DNA produces the physical and mental sort of Down syndrome‚ which include a small head that is flattened in the back‚ slanted eye‚ extra skin folds at the corners of the eyes‚ small ears‚ nose and mouth‚ short height‚ small hands and feet and some degree
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Lauren Potter’s Story; a Life with Down Syndrome “I want to encourage‚ kids to speak up to tell their stories. That is the only way that people will know what we have to go through. Believe in yourself. Someone once told me being different isn’t bad - different is just different.” said Lauren Potter (Rooted in Rights). Down syndrome is a difficult disability for most people to understand. Down syndrome is a common and devastating disability. Roughly 400‚000 people suffer from it. Around 6‚000 babies
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the inside. The article called “Indoor Pollution and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms”‚ by Chi-Shan
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