is caused by a loss of muscle mass. This muscle weakness can cause difficulty climbing stairs. Most Symptoms appear in boys ages 1-6. Because of muscle damage kids Might need braces by the age of 10 and by age of 12 be in be wheelchair. The amount of people using wheelchairs because of duchenne muscular dystrophy is around‚ 29% of males 5 through 9 years of age‚ 82% of males 10 through 14 years of age and more than 90% of males 15 through 24 years of age.
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defective gene from both your mother and father. About 1 in every 22‚000-29‚000 people develop this disease but family history of the condition raises your chances of getting it. On average‚ after 10-15 years with the disease patients are usually wheelchair bound and require assistance with all activities. Unfortunately‚ there is no known cure for Friedreich’s ataxia. There are‚ however‚ medicines‚ therapy treatments and surgeries available to those who are affected but it will not rid them of the
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facilities or resources which handicapped students require. For example‚ how would students in wheelchairs travel around? Textbooks designed for mainstream students do not cater for blind students as well‚ thus few have corresponding Brailled versions. On the other hand‚ special education schools provide all that the handicapped students need‚ ranging from learning materials to specially designed desks for wheelchair-bound students. Recently‚ Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa announced giving over 10 million
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During my summers in Upward Bound‚ I have learned a lot from the director‚ Ms. Norma‚ who taught me the importance of working with others and doing everything in my power help others as well myself. Every summer I participated in a community service event hosted by the LA Food Bank where we packaged over 60‚000 pounds of food for the homeless. It felt delightful to know that I was able to make someone’s day a little better and it motivated me to do more. During my junior year‚ I decided to join
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When I got my wisdom teeth out I was given a sedative by my dentist. This sedative provided an altered state of consciousness for me to experience. Explained by Miriam Webster‚ an altered state of consciousness can be defined as any various state of consciousness in which there are significant changes or differences from the normal waking consciousness. Using this definition in correlation with my experience on a sedative i can concur that while I was on this drug my sense perception and reality
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person not what their disability or diagnosis is and the focus is on how to improve the individuals life and empower them to be more independent in what they do such as if someone was in a wheelchair and could not gain access because of the steps then the steps would become the barrier and not the person or the wheelchair.. The second model is the Medical Model of disability which shows adults as having
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I worked as a hospital greeter for four month got laid of due to budget cuts. I’m currently a caregiver for an elderly woman who I have been with for four years now. I have learned that I like to help people out. I am the person that goes the extra mile to get things done because genuinely love to help people out and it’s not something that can be faked. In my previous job as a greeter in the emergency department I help out an elderly lady get from the emergency department to the cafeteria. Her
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the fields of cosmology‚ general relativity‚ and quantum gravity. Stephen Hawking’s life connects to Unbroken because he always stayed optimistic and hopeful that he could learn to function with the illness. Nowadays he does fairly well by using a wheelchair to get around‚ and a computer system to
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Unit 1: Inclusive Practice Inclusion & Promoting Inclusion “Inclusion is about creating interesting‚ varied and inspiring learning opportunities for all learners‚ ensuring all learners contribute and are never disadvantaged by methods‚ language or resources” Wilson (2008) p 153. As the CSIE explain: “Arguments for inclusive education are well documented and rest on notions of equality and human rights. Much more than a policy requirement‚ inclusion is founded upon a moral position which values
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