How Is Judy Affected By Nature Or Nurture?

Judy is a 25 year old female born with autism. During my aunt 's pregnancy all seemed well, all tests that were taken when she was pregnant came out normal with no abnormalities. However during delivery there was some complications. Judy was without oxygen for ten to twenty minutes because the ambilical cord was wrapped around her neck and could not come out through the vaginal canal. Everytime the baby 's head came out, the ambilical cord retracted her back into the womb. In the process the doctors decided to immediately have a c-section on my aunt Nora. As the years went by doctors kept Judy under close watch with frequent doctors appointments. My aunt being a mother with two previous children, her experiences with my cousins was different to her experiences with Judy. Although she had frequent doctors visits she felt something was not right. She acted on her gut feelings and eventually changed the doctors she was seeing with Judy and went to some other specialist to examine Judy. Aunt Nora 's feeling were right. She was told …show more content…
We are born with a tabulosa canvas, waiting to be taught and molded into the engineers, doctors, teachers of tomorrow. Circumstances of life take a toll on wether our outcome will be nature or nurture. It can be nature through our genes or through an infection that my aunt may have had. It can also be nurture from the environment, or Judy being exposed to the toxins, pollution in the air due to the house being fumagated. Today Judy is autistic, due to her mother genes or the environment. She is still today a tabularosa waiting to be guided, taught right from wrong as the very first day she was born. A beautiful person, mind and soul despite her mental challenges. The intersect between the two, nature versus nurture could have been prevented, but the facts of that day, made the outcome of our Judy to be