Quadriplegia

Are Reachers Worth “Reaching” For? By: Jennifer Alexander, Megan Pearce, and Lisa Browne Mechanical reachers are pieces of equipment recommended for people with decreased grip strength or range of motion. In a way, they act as an extension of one’s own arm. The purpose of a reacher is to benefit people who have disabilities and increase independence and improve their quality of life. Reachers allow people to access items that are just out of grasp, whether it be above or below. This group of…

1983 a severe car accident changed Nancy Cruzan's life forever. Nancy was found without any detectable vitals, but the ambulance was able to bring her back to stable vitals. Nancys life was changed forever , and was diagnosed with cerebral contusions compounded by significant anoxia. In other words she was in a “...persistent vegetative state…”(Rehnquist). Before this horrific accident, she had verbalized that if she were to ever be in this state that she would wish to die and to not continue…

The ICF, also known as the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health, is “a classification of health and health related domains” (Who.int, 2016, para. 1). The ICF looks at a particular person’s disability or health problem and unlike the bio-medical framework, it understands that a person’s well-being is both dynamic and complex. Its aim is to help people with illness or disability to live their lives fully and not just when it occurs, but for their whole lives. The ICF…

The mind can as it pertains to consciousness can be divided into cognitive and phenomenal experiences. Consciousness is expansive in meaning, but typically consists of the experiences someone feels, thinks, or it can also indicate the wakefulness of a person at any given moment in time (Zeman, 2001). Indeed, this broad definition has formed because of different viewpoints on how people actually come to experience consciousness. Ted (2014) shows a forum in which philosopher David Chalmers…

The Centers for Disease Control (2015) explains that “Spastic quadriplegia is the most severe form of spastic CP and affects all four limbs, the trunk, and the face.” Brown’s increased muscle tone and stiffness impacts his ability to physically express his emotions and thus impacts his social experiences. John W. Santrock…

Abstract: There are no “typical” manifestations of symptoms when it comes to cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive motor disorder caused by congenital or acquired brain damage. It is difficult to say with any certainty what kind of struggles a child with CP will have. This is due to the great variability of how CP manifests. Cerebral palsy symptoms can range in severity and impact any number bodily processes and systems. The effect of CP on speech subsystems is no different, and…

Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Spinal cord injury is an event that changes a person’s life forever. The classifications of spinal cord injuries are concussion, compression, contusion, laceration, and transection. Injury can be complete or incomplete (Nayduch., 2010). The type and location of the spinal cord injury will determine the care and management of the patient and subsequent complications that arise from the injury. The research will focus on evidenced-based medical, surgical…

pregnancy-induced hypertension, acute stress and drugs or other substances. Specific diseases or disorders include: renin-producing tumors, renal failure, acromegaly, hyperthyroidism, arteriosclerosis, pregnancy, elevated intracranial pressure, quadriplegia, surgery, burns over 9% or more of the body, alcohol withdrawal, oral contraceptives, antihistamines, licorice and MAOI’s. (McCance, Huether, Brashers & Rote,…

To accomplish the question, the assignment is divided into five sections. It first provides an overview of sexuality and everyday lives from people with disabilities perspective. In section 2 and 3, this assignment examines how do two different approaches: the public health framework and the political economy approach has played out in disabled people’s sexual behavior and attitude based on lack of sex education, limited access to health services, and non-disabled majority’s attitude, by…

I was introduced to Cerebral Palsy twelve years ago when my mother married my stepfather Henry. They had met when they both were in a nursing home. I was irritated that my mom, who has her own mental problems was marrying a man who needed 24 hour care and didn’t have control over his personal executive functions. They both said they were in love and the wedding happened. It has been twelve years, they are still married, and my mother is the primary caregiver for my stepfather. I am in awe of my…