Mental retardation

Throughout my life I have fought to determine my purpose in life. One day I found that meaning; it was to help those who needed it most. As a current employee in the Human Services field, being a caregiver for the mentally and intellectually disabled has helped me realize my purpose in life. Each and every day I strive to make a difference in a person’s life by assisting them to become more independent. For instance, every night that I leave work, I smile, because I know I have made a difference…

“Stop, take a minute and think about your life.” Well this is exactly what I had to do to complete this assignment. The disability that I decided to imagine myself with was autism and being verbal. To be a student who has autism would mean that they could have trouble communicating what they want, have trouble in social situations, and they could have specific sensitivities to sound and/or touch. If a person is nonverbal, this does not mean that they can’t talk at all, it does mean that they…

Without the help of professionals aiding in the prosecutions and trials of the criminals with the disabilities. There is very little to no justice for not only criminals but also any individuals with mental disabilities. One the individual has the potential to be incarcerated the following laws can attempt to protect a citizen with a learning disabilities rights. When a Learning Disabled defendant faces incarceration, the defense attorney is in an excellent…

observation, and developmental screening. The nurse will help provide emotional support to the family, a safe environment for the child, and practice community-based nursing care to help the family adapt and function optimally to promote physical and mental development in the child (Ball et al, 2015, p.885-89). Once children reach school age, they are frequently noted to have difficulty interacting with peers in classroom situations. FAS Children often exhibit significant deficits involving…

Abortion is the act of purposely killing a human fetus. This action is legal in the United States of America due to the differing opinions regarding it. In this essay, I will discuss whether, or not abortion is morally permissible. If Abortion is in fact morally permissible, is it permissible in all or just some situations? I will argue that abortion is only morally correct in cases of a fetus having a severe genetic disorder and when the mother’s life is in danger. I will defend my argument by…

Sam displays a court case in which Sam is trying to retain the legal guardianship of Lucy. This is because society deems Sam unfit to take care of Lucy. “…could not control his emotions, endangering other children. Miss Brown also cites Mr. Dawson’s mental deficiencies which raise serious questions about his ability to properly parent.” (Nelson) Ms. Brown is the judge ruling Sam’s case. Not only is Sam dealing with internal difficulties, but now he is being stripped the right to be the parent to…

Treatments Studies of pica show that there has been very little amounts of investigation done based on community-based research for people with pica (Gravestock, 2008). In other words, there has been little research done on individuals with pica whom do not live in an institutional setting and live within their communities. In order for an intervention to be a successful treatment, it must diminish the behavior 70%-90% from the baseline (Williams & McAdam, 2012). This successful treatment…

Acquisition Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong developmental disability that includes many different behavioral symptoms. According to DSM-5, the most recent set of criteria that psychologists and psychiatrists use to diagnose and classify mental illnesses, those with Autism…

Intellectual disability is a title given to people with diminished ability to understand new or complicated information and to master new techniques (WHO,2018). People with intellectual disabilities are diagnosed as children and have IQ’s under 70 (Health Victoria, 2016). They can fall anywhere on the spectrum, from moderately disabled to profoundly disabled (Health Victoria, 2016).. Those with Intellectual disabilities have higher mortality rates and shorter life expectancy than those without…

your head moving your brain around. You are just sitting there hoping to get smart. Hoping the surgery will work. In the story ¨Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, there is a man that is 37 years old. His name is Charlie Gordon. Charlie has a mental disability that make it hard for him to learn and understand things. All Charlie wants to do is become smart. He thinks that if he is smart then he will be a normal person. So Charlie decides that he is going to have a artificial…