Culture-bound syndrome

people may face everyday obstacles and struggle when someone they know has a disability. Down syndrome and autism are two types of disabilities that are becoming more and more common in today’s society. There have been test done that says, “… children with Down syndrome may be at increased risk of having an autism spectrum disorder” (Hepburn). My brother, Frankie is sixteen years old and he has Down syndrome and was diagnosed later with autism. He cannot walk or talk. He is in a wheelchair and…

Health and medical institution have defined mental retardation as the brain development disability. It is the intellectual functioning level of a person that is below average and has significant limitations on decision making. Therefore, a person with a mental retardation should not face the same conviction and penalties as normal individuals. The Texas judicial system should apply the clinical practice’s standards when placing the intellectual impairment of the defendant. The United States,…

Parents are increasingly becoming more aware of ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. ASD symptoms can range from gifted to severely challenged (CDC). With ASD rates rising, it has become necessary for nurses in acute care setting to get a better understanding of ASD patients. In this article, Caring For The Child With An Autism Spectrum Disorder In The Acute Care Setting,…

The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This is used to help clinicians and other health care professionals with their line of work and diagnosis. In 2013 the DSM-IV has changed over to the DSM-5. With this there have been changes in the groupings of disorders, new disorders added, and some completely different. With these changes has come a lot controversy. An area that has seen drastic changes is within the Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Within the DSM-IV…

So what exactly is Tourettes and who discovered TS? Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics. Dr. George Gilles de la Tourette discovered this disorder in 1885 when an 86 year old french noblewoman showed symptoms of uncontrollable movements. Tourettes was then named after the brilliant french neurologist after the discovery. TS is a chronic condition that can be inherited in some cases.…

WHAT IS DYSPRAXIA? Dyspraxia is a complex disorder in which individuals lack coordination of their motor activities, speech, judgment, body balance and movements. In these individuals, the various cognitive skills such as memory, perception, thought processes are usually impaired, although the intelligence remains unaffected. Furthermore, the nervous system and the body's immune system suffer major setbacks. Dyspraxia is widely known as Developmental Coordination Disorder. Diagnosis is carried…

Autism Encountered with this term, society immediately yearns to associate the condition with being different, difficult, antisocial and perhaps even abnormal. Admittedly, before I investigated further into the topic of Autism, I may have also habitually tried to fit autistic people under a label. Essentially, none of these words justly describe the true nature of autism. For the most part, the public generally believes that autistic people have trouble communicating effectively and…

Did you ever think that maybe people with autism were not actually the one’s that were different. Studies show that in fact, we are the one’s who are “different.” People with autism have brains that are more symmetrical than others. However, in this instance symmetry means something entirely different from what you may typically infer autism and the brain. Recent imaging has revealed that children within the autism spectrum disorder have less asymmetries in their brains compared to their…

Infants demonstrate an other-race effect. This is when people show facial recognition errors when a target face is from an unfamiliar racial group, rather than their own racial group. This is known as the other-race effect (Meissner & Brigham, 2001). The question is: is the other race effect present from birth or does it develop based on experience? It has been demonstrated that selectivity based on ethnic facial differences emerges very early in life. However, researchers have…

Rett Syndrome is a disorder that affects the nervous system and is found almost exclusively in girls. Rett syndrome is caused by a malfunction in the MECP2 gene. What is exactly the MECP2 gene? Well MECP2 gene is the gene that encodes protein and essentials. How can you prevent Rett Syndrome? Well doctors have proved that Rett Syndrome is a randomly found in a female infant. RTT is a non-inherited genetic disorder. Rett Syndrome is often described as autism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s,…