Mental retardation

Every single day of my life I struggle with Dyslexia, and every single day is different than the one before. As I face each day's new challenges, I am forced to figure out what methods work best for me personally. Dyslexia will always try to put obstacles in my path, but it will never hold me back from my true potential. Being diagnosed with a learning disability is a rough process, but through perseverance, determination, and self-analysis, every day I overcome the struggles of Dyslexia.…

Writing about this topic was very difficult for me, I can recall as if it was yesterday my fourth grade teacher Ms. Williams requesting a meeting with my parents to discuss my poor academic performance in her class. I remember her saying that I was one of those students who have fallen through the cracks of a failed system. She informed my parents that she had been teaching for over 25 years, and from her experience, she believes that I was dyslexic, both of my parents had no idea what the word…

Microcephaly is a birth deformity where an infant’s head is littler than anticipated when contrasted with children of a similar sex and age. Children with microcephaly frequently have little brains that have not grown appropriately (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). There are two different types of microcephaly. Congenital microcephaly which is present at birth and postnatal microcephaly which occurs later in life (Hanzlik & Gigante, 2017, p. 47). During pregnancy, an infant’s…

personal parent interview (Fernell et al., 2011). During the time of T1, most of the children had had a formal developmental/cognitive test that was conducted along with their initial clinical assessment, which had taken place at a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS), or at a neuro-pediatric clinic. Within this time, Fernell et al. (2011) stated that while there was no testing that was performed by the research team, there was an assessment that was made of each child’s “cognitive…

chromosomal disorder and cause of learning disabilities in children” (Mayo Clinic Staff). It not only influences how one functions and communicates in everyday life, but Down Syndrome also affects parents and society as well. Down Syndrome is a mental disability that occurs due to an error in cell division. Although it has not yet been discovered why the extra chromosome twenty-one is created, doctors have noticed that…

Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Teen WHAT IS FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a group of birth defects caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy. It is also called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) because there is a broad range of birth defects that can result from drinking alcohol while pregnant. Alcohol that you drink can travel through your blood and damage your growing baby. Fetal alcohol syndrome affects each baby differently. It can cause learning…

Down syndrome - People with down syndrome often share the same characteristics of facial features, short stature, shorter lifespan, slower development and learning capabilities. They are often victims to respiratory diseases, early Alzheimer’s, leukemia, vision problems, and hearing defects. This mutation is caused by the mother’s age or the result of nondisjunction in father’s chromosome 21(extra copy of chromosome 21). Patau syndrome - Patau syndrome causes serious defects to the eye, brain,…

During the prenatal stage, a child is developing from conception through birth. When alcohol is introduced to cells that are growing, the normal development of these cells is altered. Brain cells are vulnerable to the alcohol; therefore, this child’s brain does not develop the way it would have, without the effects of alcohol. This change in brain formation impairs brain function for the child’s entire life span. Individuals who are alcoholics usually do not obtain their necessary calories from…

Lynston began receiving services at the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Clinic in the spring of 2018 for a speech and language developmental delay disorder due to hearing loss. She attended therapy from 3/5/18 to 4/30/18 once a week for a total of four individual one-hour sessions during the contact period. Lynston’s mother cancelled one session due to bad weather. During the contact period, Lynston typically arrived on time to her sessions accompanied by her mother. She consistently arrived…

When diagnosing FAS, there are a few guidelines physicians need to follow. According to the CDC website, the guidelines for diagnosing FAS are as follows: “1. Abnormal facial features; a person with FAS has three distinct facial features: smooth ridge between the nose and upper lip (smooth philtrum), thin upper lip, and a short distance between the inner and outer corners of the eyes, giving the eyes a wide-spaced appearance. 2. Growth problems; children with FAS have height, weight, or both…