Disability Inventory Case Study

As ethical and moral physical therapists, it is essential to consider all possible sources of the impairment and figure out how to resolve, educate, and prevent future implications for patients. In order to be able to complete such a task, physical therapists must be able to look at functional status through all of its domains, biophysical, psychological, and sociocultural.2,5 In the realm of pediatrics, performing screenings, functional tests, and questionnaires offer a great diagnostic and prognostic data for children. The DDST3 enables a PT to get a sense of a child's cognition, motor functions, and behavior. Identifying possible delays or problems early on is vital in order to ensure proper development, especially since many systems have

                 Rett syndrome, including the age of onset and the severity of symptoms, varies from child to child. Before the symptoms begin, however, the child generally appears to grow and develop normally, although there are often subtle abnormalities even in early infancy, such as loss of muscle tone (hypotonia), difficulty feeding, and jerkiness in limb movements. Then, gradually, mental and physical symptoms appear. As the syndrome progresses, the child loses purposeful use of her hands and the ability to speak (Rett Syndrome, 2010). Other early symptoms may include problems crawling or walking and diminished eye contact (Rett Syndrome, 2010). The onset of a period of regression is sometimes sudden.  Apraxia — the inability to perform motor functions — is perhaps the most severely disabling feature of Rett syndrome, interfering with every body movement, including eye gaze

The journal articles main focus was to “discus the history, incidence, pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, disease staging, clinical presentation and physical exam findings, and role of the primary care provider (PCP) as they pertain to care for a child with Rett syndrome (RS). (Briggs, A. 2014) The article begins with Briggs brief introduction to Dr. Andrea Rett, who “observed two females in the waiting room exhibiting similar types of behavior and researched whether or not this pathology has been described” (as cited in Rett,1986). Her discovery would later be named after her. Briggs states that RS is found in 1 of every 8,000-10,000 females and a very small percentage of males (as cited in Saunders, Mainassian, Chow, Zhao & Vincent, 2008).

Rett's disorder (also known as Rett's syndrome) is sometimes mistaken for autism when diagnosed in very young children (and is linked to autism, Asperger's disorder, ADHD, and schizophrenia), but it is much less prevalent and has a distinctive onset and course. The condition occurs primarily in girls who, after early normal development, experience slower-than-expected head growth during the first months of life and a loss of purposeful hand motions between ages five and 30 months. Affected children are usually profoundly mentally retarded and exhibit stereotypical repetitive behaviors such as hand wringing or hand washing. Interest in socialization diminishes during the first few years of the disorder but may resume later in life, despite severe

Currently, my wife and our two young boys are living in a converted school bus at the Benton County Fairgrounds. Both my wife and I are Army veterans and I am going to school full-time at OSU. This transition to Corvallis, and displacement into homelessness in general, has been taxing on us financially and emotionally. In another week, I will have used up all of my VA educational benefits, so the immediate future looks shaky. I am looking for a work-study position and Mary from Benton County Veteran Services and I are working on my disability claim through the VA. Until everything is figured out with the VA disability and work-study, we will be without money, which will leave us in a very difficult position. What we are in need of is

Driving down the street I spot an elderly lady pushing her wheelchair with her feet backwards uphill. I spot a young lady walking her dog and think she will help the lady in the wheelchair, so I continue on. I head back the same street and the lady in the wheelchair is still alone pushing her chair with her feet. I stop my car and ask if I can help her because I don't want her to get hit. It's a pretty busy street. She asks my name and I ask hers. She tells me she was in an accident at 15. She used to run track. I tell her my running story and she is light enough I start running. We get to the light and she tells me to go for it even though the hand sign is up. I drop her off at McDonald's and give her a hug and wish her a Happy Easter. I go

This assignment is really meaningful to me that been noticed that how if I were in the wheelchair, I would've been very vulnerable and inconvenient to live in this house especially using the bathroom, walking through those doorways, and reaching the cabinets. Although, this house has some big spaces in the dining room and two living rooms, but neither those are mostly utilized on a regular daily basis, the kitchen room, bathroom, and bedroom are the main one's yet main issue that needed to be remodeled. I always knew that the doorways to the bathroom and bedrooms are too narrow and annoying because I sometimes bumped into the doorways when I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I would say that the bathroom, four doorways should be

Medications may be used to control seizures, regulate breathing, eliminate problems with abnormal heart rhythm, and relieve indigestion and constipation. Occupational therapy can help children develop skills for performing daily activities (dressing and feeding), while physical therapy and hydrotherapy may extend mobility. Speech-Language Therapy is also used to improve social interaction and teach nonverbal communication. Patients need feeding and physical assistance” (What are the treatments for Rett syndrome?: NIH NICHD). These tie into the complications as well.

Growing up, I was close to a family that had a daughter with Rett Syndrome. I grew up watching how different therapies, particularly hippotherapy, immensely helped her. Through the impact this girl had on me, I have aspired to work with children who have disabilities. I have observed multiple types of therapies and have decided that Occupational Therapy is the route that will best help me reach these aspirations. It is my goal to help make a difference in people’s lives, and in their families’ lives, following graduation from an Occupational Therapy school. As an Occupational Therapist, you get to help such a wide variety of people. One person you treat may need sensory therapy, and the next person you treat may have a neuromuscular problem.

SF-36, this is a two-step process in which scores have to be recoded and then averaged together

Grandmother did expressed concerns with Emily’s social skills, and further explained that Emily appears to have “very minimal” interaction with peers. Mother reported that Emily “isolates” and “prevents” interactions with others. Grandmother shared that Emily participates in different groups or clubs in the community, but “prevents” interaction with peers. During the intake assessment clinician observed that client reported “feeling a bug crawling” in her arm as Emily started to shake her body, but grandmother dismissed reports by sharing that it was Emily’s hair “rubbing against” her arms. Emily was responsive to statement from grandmother, and was able to continue to sit still for the last part of the intake

When I was born, I had a stroke which caused the loss of fine motor control in my right arm and foot. Due to my disability, my family moved from Florida to Virginia to Georgia in a span of two years. This was mainly due to the constant appointments with medical specialists. Despite the countless appointments, the doctors didn’t know how bad my condition would be. Many said that only time would tell and even more said I would probably not be able to walk unassisted for the rest of my life. During my early childhood, my parents prayed a lot and I was baptized. I then spent my entire childhood in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. While in Georgia (age 2-8), I didn’t really see myself as different. None of my friends asked me about my disability so I thought nothing of it. I went to Sunday school every Sunday and believed in God. I saw my life like everybody else.

The client is a 17 month old male who has a developmental delay. The client primary diagnosis is Preterm NEC and Torticollis as a secondary diagnosis. The client is receiving occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physical therapy. For performance skills, the client has difficulties with fine and gross motor skills such as coordination, reaching, manipulating, endurance, stabilizing, grasping, and

The client did not exhibit any apparent visual, auditory or motor problems. He denied use of glasses or hearing aids, and did not appear to have difficulty visually or audibly perceiving any instructions or test stimuli. He did not exhibit any difficulties with fine or gross motor skills, and was able to physically participate in all tasks.

Our country’s development in terms of economy is contributed majorly by different industrial sectors which increases the financial situation of the nation. The industries before several decades retain employees still the age of their retirement, but now-a-days labour turn over in organisations are increasing due to increased growth of job openings in organisations and higher rate of qualified personnel’s. Hence organizations rely upon the best suitable candidates irrespective of their nature leads the persons with disabilities to get job in a considerable manner. To obtain a job it is necessary for an individual to perform effectively in the assigned work. Performance is a kind of process that consists of the phases like goal setting, measurement, assessment, feedback, rewarding for good results, improvement for bad results and applying sanction in case of necessity (Kazan, 2013). The behaviours that contribute to organizational effectiveness through technical processes and activities that result in the production of goods and services are termed as task performance (Borman, 1993). To identify the factors responsible for effective task performance among the persons with disabilities items were generated and model was developed for the purpose of further studies. The researcher adopted descriptive research design for the study. The study was conducted among the