Prenatal diagnosis

Cerebral Palsy: The Never Ending Journey Every day many children, teens and adults struggle and fight to make the best of living with cerebral palsy, most of them never quitting and never losing hope. There are probably many inspirational stories I could tell, but one from my personal experience I knew him growing up, and he was born with cerebral palsy from birth, his being not so severe that he is able to walk on his own. However, he has had a rough time learning to slow down when walking so…

September 18, 1980 would be a day that would live in infamy. With a staggering population count of almost 1.4 billion, change was crucial. This was the day that China decided to formally implement the one-child policy as a temporary measure, which soon became law. In the 1950s, as medical care and sanitation improved in China, coupled with the country's transformation from an agricultural country to an industrial nation, the population began to outpace the food supply. In 1958, a famine…

inequality was a result of improper resource allocation and concentrated poverty, not an inborn deficiency. This phenomena is illustrated by DuBois’s Materialist Foundation which regards institutional and systemic inequality (i.e. income, housing, jobs, prenatal care, etc.). Thus so, the aforementioned risk factor of childhood exposure to lead or mercury and similar environmental risk factors, are a direct result of poor housing facilities, redlining, and gentrification--systemic…

272. Dobzhansky claims, in essence that we are no longer ruled by natural selection and have the power to artificially select genetic “destiny” through modern techniques for genetic manipulation. These include Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) which leads to embryo selection by artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization, and selective abortion pp. 267- 270. These techniques aim to create a zygote to be implanted in a female to become a fetus. Through these processes…

indicative of the likelihood of a cleft. The chances for a male to have a cleft lip, with or without a cleft palate, is twice as much as the chance for a female to. While, it is more common for females to have a cleft palate without a cleft lip. Diagnosis: A Cleft Lip and a Cleft Palate can usually be diagnosed by a regular ultrasound during pregnancy. A Cleft lip and a cleft palate can generally be diagnosed after birth. There are some clefts that cannot be diagnosed until later in life…

Bonnie and Global Developmental Delay The Australian school system has become very accustomed to providing inclusive education over the last two decades. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) around 7% or 288, 300 Australian children aged between 0 and 14 years old have some level of disability (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIWH, 2012). The most common form of disability being intellectual; with a reported 161,000 children, an estimated 3.9%, recorded in the…

(TCO 5) Which of the following is CORRECT concerning REM deprivation? (Points : 5) REM deprivation results in long-term mental illness. REM deprivation only occurs among the elderly. REM deprivation leads to increased amounts of REM sleep on subsequent nights of sleep. REM deprivation can lead to visual impairments. Question 8.8. (TCO 5) The activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming states that _____. (Points : 5) the purpose of dreaming is to express…

A wide range of topics were covered in this semester’s psychology class. The semester began with material that provided a foundational knowledge of psychology and expanded into a varied range of topics. Interestingly, a number of these topics (e.g. Porters use of economics) would appear to be quite far removed from psychology, but as a deeper understanding of psychology was acquired, it became clear just how all-encompassing this field is. In addition to the typical class material such as text…

One topic that has been in the hot seat for a long time now is whether or not abortions should be legal. The case that made abortions legal within a certain set standards listed in the Uniform Abortion Act. (Roe) The act was a result of the famous Roe v. Wade case. Many who fight for the right of women to choose to have an abortion; however the supports, women having abortions, and doctors or clinics that perform abortions face backlash from those protesting against it. Those who fight against…

chemotherapy against her will. The judge determines that she was immature and her reasons not to do chemotherapy were not proof beyond ‘do no harm,' and also that her decision influenced by her mother who did not believe in her daughter’s cancer diagnosis and the chemotherapy treatment. For Cassandra to be deemed competent, the Court looked at the "age, experience, degree of maturity, judgment skills, the demeanor of the minor, evidence of separates of parents "(Kathryn,2007). Although…