A good overview about what special needs is, has been provided from this learning process. From that, we have learned about the categories of special needs that affect human beings especially young children. Proper definitions, causes and prevention about what these categories entail have been clearly put down and understood. This paper focuses on the summary, knowledge and insights of what we have learned from this process.
We must understand what these categories of special needs are. They are quite in number and this includes emotional disturbances, autism, deafness, intellectual disabilities, blindness and learning disabilities. The definition of these categories is according to the IDEA which is the Individuals with Disabilities Act, (2012). …show more content…
Some of the causes are inevitable and we have little or no control about them. This is because of heredity, something that is out of the capability of human beings (Pennington, 2005). However, some causes are due to biological reasons such as dyslexia, brain dysfunctioning, and mental disorders among other diseases. (Heward, 2009). For those who are lucky enough, these categories can be prevented from medical intervention. While in some cases it requires just being a little bit more careful about our way of living including life conditions, activities, diet, and social interactions. This is just to mention.
From the different researches and learning methods used, special needs to affect especially young children. This is a very crucial stage as some of these children according to AAP, the American Academy of Pediatrics, is as young as 18-24 months. This is for the case of autism, another category of special needs. These are very young human beings and being in such conditions affects their development in every suspect. Most of these special needs people grow up feeling depressed, unvalued, they experience internal conflicts and normally isolate themselves from the society if not properly taken care
We must understand what these categories of special needs are. They are quite in number and this includes emotional disturbances, autism, deafness, intellectual disabilities, blindness and learning disabilities. The definition of these categories is according to the IDEA which is the Individuals with Disabilities Act, (2012). …show more content…
Some of the causes are inevitable and we have little or no control about them. This is because of heredity, something that is out of the capability of human beings (Pennington, 2005). However, some causes are due to biological reasons such as dyslexia, brain dysfunctioning, and mental disorders among other diseases. (Heward, 2009). For those who are lucky enough, these categories can be prevented from medical intervention. While in some cases it requires just being a little bit more careful about our way of living including life conditions, activities, diet, and social interactions. This is just to mention.
From the different researches and learning methods used, special needs to affect especially young children. This is a very crucial stage as some of these children according to AAP, the American Academy of Pediatrics, is as young as 18-24 months. This is for the case of autism, another category of special needs. These are very young human beings and being in such conditions affects their development in every suspect. Most of these special needs people grow up feeling depressed, unvalued, they experience internal conflicts and normally isolate themselves from the society if not properly taken care