Culture-specific syndromes

Asperger’s/Prevalence Rates Asperger’s Syndrome is on the “high-functioning” end of the autism spectrum of disorders, a person with Asperger’s has a high or above average IQ, will get fixated on a single subject, and has low quality communication and social skills. Due to these low quality communication and social skills, Asperger children often deal with mistreatment at home and bullying in the school environment. Typically, children with Asperger’s syndrome want to make friends, but fall…

Nigeria like every other society is made up of individuals with and without one form of disabilities or the other. Those with disabilities ranges from average physical, sociopsychological and mental behaviours and as a result cannot properly benefit from the regular educational program. Hence, educating students with disabilities in Nigeria comes with some enormous challenges. Thus, this paper takes a look at the challenges confronting education of students with disabilities. The paper first…

When given the assignment to discuss one active and one dead bill, I wanted to pick ones that I thought would be seen in my future as a social worker. I scrolled through bill after bill and finally decided on an active, approved by the governor bill: Senate Bill Number 2107. Since there were many more dead bills, it was harder to pick one, but I went with Senate Bill Number 2667. Senate Bill Number 2107 was approved by the Mississippi governor. It took effect on July 1, 2015 and requires…

this causes frustration and confusion. In the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon is a first- person narrative of a fifteen year old boy, Christopher Boone, who may be considered to have the Asperger’s syndrome. “As the novel takes us through a young boy’s experiences within his family, his school, and his neighbourhood, told from his point view, the reader is introduced to the essential features of high-functioning Autism” (Muller, 2006, p.93-94).…

to the way in which they learn, react, or pay attention. For example, avoiding eye contact, not showing an interest in objects (i.e. airplanes flying in the sky, bouncing balls, playing fetch with a dog, etc.); or having an extreme interest in a specific object. These children may also seem to be “in their own world,” showing no interest in others. Recognizing signs and symptoms of ASD’s in children and intervening early can improve a child’s development significantly. There are…

To help the audience and myself better understand medical terminology, I had to simplify a lot of terms by finding their different meanings. Autism is actually considered to be Fragile X syndrome. Fragile X syndrome is a disorder where the x chromosome of an unborn child is damaged. Considering most people already know what Autism is, I used that term for the title instead of its root form. This was just one of the few vocabulary changes I had to…

This past weekend I took the opportunity by going to a play near me in Iowa City called Dancing Lessons. This play was shown at the Riverside Theatre. I’ve been to this theatre before, seeing Line of Descent when my teacher was one of the main roles. The first time I went to this theatre, I actually really enjoyed the feel of the theatre on how small it was. It had a good vibe for me right away, so I was excited to go back. When I first heard about this play, I didn’t think it was an actual show…

People with disabilities are vital to our world today. Most non-disabled people are not aware of the capabilities they possess. Throughout this introductory course of Disability Studies, it became clear that the word, normal is not a suitable word to use when describing people. It seems as if this word was a major part of the course. What is normal? Multiple people and characters have been introduced that challenge the meaning of this word. For example, Stella Young, Ellen Forney, characters…

Down syndrome, also called Trisomy 21, is a congenital disorder resulting in abnormal development of the brain, causing mental retardation in varying degrees (Carlson, N. R., 530). Down syndrome is the most frequent human birth defect. Mother’s age, in most cases the mothers ova functions differently causing her to produce two (rather than one) twenty-first chromosomes. When fertilization occurs, the father’s twenty-first chromosome makes three rather than two. Down syndrome causes developmental…

of autism throughout the article, which includes an altered definition of autism. According to the article, Raiti is curious to find out how the teaching strategies for this population have changed from the 1930’s to the present and why have those specific changes occurred. The author also stresses that certain events and laws caused multiple changes to occur. The point of this article is to stress the timeline of events in order to clearly discuss the various strategies that have been…