Werner syndrome

In our world today quality of life is focused on many factors relating to many types of people. However, we still have a long way to go as far as providing high quality care to those who cannot advocate for themselves. A theme that has come up often both in our readings and in our class discussions is the idea of care and the quality of care that should be provided for all people. In institutions, the quality of care has been far from acceptable over the years and has caused traumatic…

Everyday people use words in their lives whether it is orally or written, but has anyone asked themselves if they have used all of the words correctly? Most of the time the answer is no since many people tend to just use whatever word that comes to mind without knowing the meaning. People have used the word “retard” for many years now but depending on who is using it the definition can vary. Now people perceive the word retard as a derogatory term or as an insult. For example, I was hanging out…

People with an intellectual or developmental disability are one of the most socially excluded groups and encounter stigma, prejudice and barriers that restrict their freedom and rights. The general public has hidden biases and assumptions that discriminate those with intellectual and developmental disabilities more than any other disability that can alter the way they would like to live their lives. Since those with developmental disabilities have behaviours that are seen as ‘different’, they…

Rosa’s Centre is an organization that offer day programs to adult from the age of 21 and above, such as learning how to read and write, how to socialize, how to use computers, encouragements in terms of personal hygiene, how to communicate with people and amongst their peers, and encouraging to exercise for healthy growth. This organization serves residents of peel region that is challenged by physical, intellectual, or developmental disabilities in order for them to achieve their independence,…

Asperger’s Syndrome, which is also known as Asperger’s Disorder, was originally described by Hans Asperger. Asperger was studying several cases in which patients had symptoms similar to those of autism; however, Asperger noticed that unlike autism, patients in the cases he was studying were experiencing more motor deficits and fewer speech delays. Asperger also noticed that all of the patients experiencing these additional symptoms were boys, and of the boys who were experiencing the symptoms,…

disturbance” to the person affected. These disturbances can be cognitive, psychological, or related to any process that contributes to the mental functions of the patient. The diagnoses include, but are not limited to: Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, Persuasive Developmental Disorders, Childhood Disintegrative Disease, and Rhett’s Disorder. There are many misconceptions about how ASD came to be, and about treatments for those affected. Although there has been significant research done in…

Children with Autism often have great memory skills, and one of their strengths is in the ability to use visual information. When learning routines Autistic students will remember the information longer and more accurately when the routine is presented visually instead of auditory (Schneider & Goldstein 2010). However, Autistic children have deficits in their communication and social skills. Specifically, children with autistic spectrum disorder will often not respond to adults or other children…

There are a variety of disorders that are on the Autism spectrum. During the interview, Lisa explained that her son Christopher is on this Autism spectrum (Kirk, Gallagher, & Coleman, 2015). Autism is, according to Kirk, Gallagher, & Coleman (2015), “a disorder that affects a child’s social development and ability to communicate and that include unusual behavioral manifestations such as repetitive motor movements”. Autism is found to be both genetic and can also be caused from the…

Asperger’s/Prevalence Rates Asperger’s Syndrome is on the “high-functioning” end of the autism spectrum of disorders, a person with Asperger’s has a high or above average IQ, will get fixated on a single subject, and has low quality communication and social skills. Due to these low quality communication and social skills, Asperger children often deal with mistreatment at home and bullying in the school environment. Typically, children with Asperger’s syndrome want to make friends, but fall…

Nigeria like every other society is made up of individuals with and without one form of disabilities or the other. Those with disabilities ranges from average physical, sociopsychological and mental behaviours and as a result cannot properly benefit from the regular educational program. Hence, educating students with disabilities in Nigeria comes with some enormous challenges. Thus, this paper takes a look at the challenges confronting education of students with disabilities. The paper first…