Managing Multiple Sclerosis What is Multiple Sclerosis? Living With It and Managing the Disease The mysterious disease called Multiple Sclerosis has no boundaries; it infects people of all genders and nationalities. Although very little is known about the cause of this debilitating sickness‚ scientists and doctors are recognizing some patterns that may eventually lead to an answer. MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
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Multiple Sclerosis SCIN132 - Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology with Lab AMU Multiple Sclerosis A disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS) is known as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and affects over 2.5 million people worldwide. Around 400‚000 people who have the disease reside in the United States. Of that 400‚000 the ratio is roughly one woman to every seven men. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease where the individual’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. The immune
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change for individuals with disabilities in today’s community. (Hader)Developmental Services‚ Inc. is a nonprofit agency established in 1975 to help children and adults with mental‚ physical‚ and emotional disabilities reach their greatest potential at home‚ work and in the community. DSI provides early intervention services as well as job training and job placement‚ independent and group living‚ life skills training‚ respite care and family support. DSI currently provides service to individuals in 27
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the pancreatic duct‚ so that the enzymes necessary for complete digestion are not able to reach the intestines. Growth in some individuals in stunted. Most male sufferers and some females are infertile. Cause: Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder caused by a pair of recessive genes. Because a recessive gene is involved‚ the disorder will not appear if the individual has one recessive and one dominant gene. This is because a dominant gene in a gene pair prevents the effects of a recessive one
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identification of a person experiencing Mental Retardation to the term Intellectual Disability. There are several types of Cognitive Functions from mild to severe that coincide to people who have some form of Intellectual Disability that are viewed. The test of a person IQ is one of the main assessments that are used to diagnose a person experiencing an Intellectual Disability. People with Intellectual Disabilities experience Cognitive difficulties in: memory‚ reading‚ math‚ visual‚ speech‚ cognition
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Invisible Disabilities Disabilities come in many different forms and effect individuals in various ways‚ whether they’re openly apparent to society or not. However‚ one commonality that all disabled people share‚ is the negative stereotypes and indignities that society stamps upon them‚ whether it’s a degraded stare‚ rude comment‚ or unequal treatment. In this paper I will focus on the variety of disabled groups that fall into this largely overlooked class of “invisible disabilities.” By examining
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The disability movement included several organizations of disabled people that were striving for equivalent privileges and opportunities in the public. Most of these assemblies were consist of individuals who had a disability. They were motivated to achieve equal rights for the whole disable community. The social disability model focuses on the fact that disability is developed from social procedures within the community. The model explains that disabilities are created through the society because
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the results for adults with a learning disability who do not attend college are not bright. These individuals are usually not paid as well and are more likely to be unemployed. Since there is a direct link between job satisfaction and overall life satisfaction‚ it is important for individuals to be as highly-educated as possible‚ and in a field they enjoy. From the research and studies conducted within the United States‚ persons with learning disabilities need a college education to gain the employment
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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic‚ progressive neurological disease affecting all aspects of life: physical‚ cognitive‚ emotional‚ and social (Abma). It is known as an autoimmune disease‚ Where the body’s immune system turns against the body and destroys the protective covering that surrounds nerve cells. This damage to the nerve cells causes many problems for the patient including weakness‚ muscle stiffness‚ poor coordination and balance‚ tingling‚ numbness‚ tremors‚ blurred vision‚ slurred speech
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Multiple Sclerosis Human Anatomy and Physiology You pick up the telephone to call your friend. You dial a number which will‚ in effect‚ let the phone know where to send the signals. Except unknown to you‚ something has worn away the rubber which covers and protects the wires within your phone. Some signals cannot get through‚ and the ones that do are unclear. As a result your important information does not get conveyed to your friend.
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