Stockholm syndrome

While reading through this book I was quickly captivated by the first page, and successfully drawn in even deeper throughout the progression of the novel. In this book, Higashida takes the reader with him on an exploration of many different emotions and relatable scenarios that strike a chord with the readers following along. Before reading through this book, I just knew a general idea of what it was about. All I knew was that it was written by a young boy with autism, and was then translated…

read their menus to them. A more urgent example of discrimination against the disabled is the ongoing debate on whether adults with mental disabilities, most commonly Down Syndrome, should be allowed to procreate. According to The National Down Syndrome Society, “Between 35 and 50 percent of children born to mothers with Down Syndrome are likely to have trisomy 21 or other developmental disabilities;” this statistic gives the able-bodied a logical argument against the procreation of people with…

The Washington Ice Dogs is an organization that gives young people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to play ice hockey. Not only does it give them the opportunity to play ice hockey, but the opportunity to learn skills that can help carry them through their lives. Run by volunteers, the Washington Ice Dogs need the support of others to help anchor the organization and allow them to make a difference in lives of these young players. With sacrifice, compassion, and dedication, lives…

Monster Study In 1939, Mary Tudor and Wendell Johnson performed a stuttering experiment on 22 orphan children in Davenport, Iowa. The purpose of the experiment was to induce and make healthy children learn how to stutter. He wanted to prove that stuttering was not a genetic cause. He believed that labeling children as a stutterer caused them to become a stutterer. 22 orphans ranging from age 5 to 15 were used. 10 of the orphans were already marked as stutterers before the experiment. The kids…

more children with ADHD together. It looks like chaos, but the children have a wonderful time playing together and they understand one another perfectly well. In years gone by I often wanted to intervene to get everyone involved and to explain the rules. However, they are perfectly capable of doing it themselves, albeit in a lan- guage that is very difficult to follow. They involve one another and no-one is side- lined or rejected. Overhastiness ADHD suffers often misinterpret…

that are a little different that he does is that he must knock 3 times of his neighbor Penny’s door. He does not quite understand sarcasm when it is spoken to him but he uses it often himself. Many of his personality traits point towards Asperger Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and asexuality; however, the show’s co-creator Bill Prady has stated on numerous occasions that the character of Sheldon was…

Edwards Syndrome comes from a man named John Hilton Edwards. He first wrote down his findings after a letter he wrote talking about heredity disorders. Pediatrics was his specialty and he was spending time at the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham when he saw a potential chromosomal disorder in a newborn. Edwards called it trisomy which means type unknown. Then he had some of the tissue tested and founded an extra chromosome. He then re-named named it trisomy eighteen, or Edwards syndrome.…

Chapter 1 focuses on how ASD is classified and treated. Autism is largely still misunderstood so treatments and classification vary depending on doctor and family feelings. This chapter explores the theories behind the development of ASD and highlights several studies highlighting scientific research into the cause behind Autism. Chapter 2 primarily focuses on assessments at several different levels. The first type of assessment is a screener that is given to children who may be at risk for…

Two primary focal points that makes geneticist classify Marfan as pleiotrophy are their lens and the ligament damage. To tell whether an individual has Marfan Syndrome is based on the dislocation of the lens and deformity of the largest blood vessel connecting to the heart, aorta. The dislocation of the eye lens or a more scientific term is called Ectopia Lentis which causes vision problems. The vision problems…

"Excuse me, sir," said the police officer, "We found your son hundreds of miles away in London with your ex-wife and the homewrecker." Christopher, a 15-year-old boy in the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time written by Mark Haddon, runs away proceeding a string of life changing events such as the stabbing of an innocent pouch. By analyzing the conflict, symbols, motifs, theme, characters of the novel, and looking at the story through the psychoanalytical lens,…