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There are two disorders that typify individuals with mental challenges they are ? and ?
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Autism,
Down Syndrome |
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? is 4 to 5 time more common in males than females, but if females are affected it is more ? in nature, there are 2 to 5 cases per ? children in old stats, with new stats from 2000 1 in ? are Dx'd.
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Autism,
severe, 10,000, 88 |
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Four features that are essential for Dx of mental impairment include: ? onset, ? dysfunction, ? dysfunction, ? defecits, ? behaviors.
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early,
social, communication, intellectual, unusual |
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25% of individuals with autism develop ? disorders, associated medical conditions include ?ketonuria, ? rubella, ? syndrome.
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siezure,
phenylkeonuria, congenital, fragile-X |
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Early onset for austism is a peak age of onset before ? years and if it has not developed by age ? it probably never will.
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2.5,
5 |
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With Autism the inability to form personal relationships is ? dysfunction and this includes no ? contact, they don't engage the ? face, they have a ? stare, they don't like to be ?, they ? by themselves, and have no ?
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social,
eye, human, blank, held, play, imagination |
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With Autism pts, when normal patterns of babbling do not develop this is a ? dysfunction, they do not show age appropriate ? skills or verbal ? skills.
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communication,
gesturing, imitation |
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If language does develop for Autism pts they have ? vocabulary, with unusual speech ? they may have a simple speech ?, their speech quality may be ? / ?
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poor,
content, structure, monitone/flat |
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Autistic pts may repeat what someone says, this is ? speech and they may have ? reversal e.g. I/you, he/she, we/they, etc...
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echolatic,
pronoun |
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Autistic pts are unable to comprehend the concept of ?'s e.g. in/out, up/down, left/right, etc...
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opposites
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The level of Autistic intelligence associated with mental retardation is IQ between ?-?
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52-85
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Autistic pts may have ? savant/?skills of superior performance this is only found in ?-? autisic pts.
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idiot,
splinter, 10-20% |
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Autistic pts usually have unusual habits such as repetitive behaviors like arm/hand flapping known as ?, or self-? behaviors like head banging they have a very high ? tolerance.
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sterotypic,
injurious, pain |
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Intervention for Autistic pts include ?'s, ? changes, and ? tx, ?- analytic therapy, and try to get parents to get them into tx ?'s, and ? modification which is the best form of tx
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Electroconvulsive Tx,
dietary, drug, psycho, programs, behavioral |
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Down syndrome was first described in the year ? by ?.
In 1860 is was named Mongolian ? by ? |
1838, Esquirol,
Idiocy, Langdon Down |
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?% of down syndrome pts have an extra chromsome on the the ? gene so it is also knows as ?.
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95%,
21st, Trisomy 21 |
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Down syndrome is one of the most frequent cases of ? intelectual disability, with an occurance of ? in ? live births the odds increase with the mother's ?
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inherited ,
1 in 800, age |
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General characteristics of Down syndrome include ? disabilities, IQ's of ?-?, and it is the most common cause of challenge in the ? range, limited education up to ? grade, but some kids can fall into the mild range up to ? on the IQ
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intellectual,
25-50, moderate, 4th, 70 |
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There have been ? indentifiable physical characteristics in down syndrome pts. including shorter/? build, unusually ? head, small ?, enlarged ?, short ?'s/?'s, wide ?'s/?s, visual ?'s, poor muscle ?, and the ? crease in the palm of their hand.
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50, stockier,
rounded, nose, tongue, fingers/toes, hands/feet, impairments, tone, simian |
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Other conditions that may occur with Down syndrome pts is congenital ? defects, hypo-?, and an increased risk of ? as they age. There is a life expectancy up to ? yrs.
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heart,
thyroidism, leukemia, 70 |
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The types of development that are expected for a Down Syndrome pt include ? of life, social skill ?, they should be able to display personal ? -control, they should be ?'d in school, and each youngster should be taught to meet their academic ?
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normalization,
training, self, mainstreamed, potential |
