Developmental disability

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT: Canny Wheelchairs augment the capacities of customary fueled gadgets by presenting control and navigational insight. These gadgets can facilitate the lives of numerous handicapped individuals, especially those with serious impedances by expanding their scope of portability. For debilitated individuals human found a wheel seat which can be moved by utilizing hands for the individuals who don't have legs. Be that as it may, the people groups…

Intellectual disability is a term that is used when a person has definite boundaries in cognitive functioning and skills, in conjunction with communication, social and self-care skills. However, before getting to the concept of intellectual disability more ahead we should understand the perception of disability itself. Disability is an individual execution, which contains physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual mental illness impairments, and several types of chronic diseases. Intellectual…

Limitations and Restrictions: The Affect of Disabilities on Individuals There is no problem with individuals with disabilities; the problem is society ignoring the abilities that these individuals do have. The novel The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards shows a journey of the life of a child, Phoebe, growing up with Down syndrome. The film I am Sam directed by Jessie Nelson is a story about a middle aged mentally challenged man, Sam Dawson, who is trying to fight for the rights to be the…

skills, and independency, but there are many that are born with lower IQ and lower skills in adaptive behavior. These individuals are diagnosed with an intellectual disability. This disability doesn’t make their lives different from others in the sense that they still desire the same things in life that others without this disability attempt to achieve. Numerous times however, people will look at the intellectually disabled with a sense of pity or weakness. Intellectual disabled individuals need…

Personal Values and Attitudes Every person is unique and has a different set of personal values, attitudes and beliefs that shaped their way of living. As a Disability Support Professional (DSP), I am going to support individuals with mental, physical and intellectual disabilities, who may have a different set of values and beliefs as compared to my values and beliefs. As a DSP, I should keep in mind that the person I am going to support has his/her own values and beliefs and I should respect…

mental disabilities. Instead of treating them as less than human, we should treat them with empathy and understanding, just the same as we treat…

If you have a disability of some type do not let this stop you from trying to achieve your goals. We all have restrictions and limitations. Some are physical, some are mental, and some are emotional. The point is that no one has a perfect life and there is an enormous difference between being disabled and being unable to accomplish something. No matter what disability you have look at the situation and determine what you hope to achieve, and then create a plan to make it happen. Some of the best…

Introduction The Disability Act 2005 defines disability in relation to a person entails a restriction in the capacity of a person to undertake a profession, business or occupation in the state or to engage in social or cultural life because of physical, sensory, mental health or intellectual impairment (National Disability Authority, 2014). To further elaborate intellectual disability is described as a disability identified by vital limitations both in intellectual functioning (reasoning,…

When comparing “Flowers for Algernon” and the real world, pressure to be “normal” or “perfect” on the mentally and physically disabled causes many negative effects such as depression, low self-esteem, and even abortion. Charlie Gordon is a below average minded man who very desperately wants to be intelligent. Charlie Gordon Has been made to feel, because of his low intelligence, that he needs to be “smarter”, some of which may be a result of childhood experiences. Charlie shows his desperation…

Education For the Intellectually Disabled Do intellectually disabled individuals have the ability to pursue an education like other college students? The essay “College For the Intellectually Disabled” by Charlotte Allen informs the reader about the dangers of an intellectually disabled student attending college. Allen illustrates the rigors that are involved in the numerous programs that are available for the disabled; throughout her essay, she provides both sides of the argument to clearly…