Mental Retardation And A Formative Handicap With A Long And Some Of The Time Questionable History

The use of Kingsolver’s irony is to make a very important point and serves as an eye opener, “retardation and genius are not simply facts of nature of medical opinions, but are culturally defined” (Fox 263). The research conducted by Fox reassures Kingsolver’s claim and that Adah’s disability is a strength. As an effect of the discrimination that Adah receives from family, her self esteem

"There are 38,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities housed in institutions nationwide" and "At last count, 715,000 people were residing with caregivers age 60 and older", while these are shocking statistics, they embody very little sustenance to Bauer's argument that the word "retard" should be removed from society. Even though Bauer's utilization of a personal story within her disorderly arranged arguments including a heartwarming introduction provide her with credibility as an author, she obliterates her claim as it is solely based on her emotional

Transcript of Treatment of Mental Disabilities in the 1930s Treatment of Mental Disabilities in the 1930s Asylums The mentally disable were consider inferior to the rest of the people. They were usually placed in mental institutes called "Asylums".

I would like to answer how long do mentally retarded people live because for one I have a brother and an uncle that are both mentally retarded. I would like to know roughly how long I have in this with my two family members. I also work with mentally retarded people as a CNA so it touches home for me on a number of levels, I have personal relationships with people that are mentally retarded. Life expectancy will increase for mentally retarded people and some may even live as long as the rest of the population and has increased over the years already. This paper will provide evidence to answer the question: How long do mentally retarded people live?

Learning disabilities are a life long struggle but if caught at a young age and early intervention takes place. The stress on the child and family is greatly reduced. Learning disabilities spread to every part of a child’s life affecting them socially. Teachers must remain professional and refrain from calling students lazy as in Adams case. A good teacher or specialist can demystify a learning disability and help a child’s

Many people may say one is a retard without knowing the truth behind the actual word. Intellectual Disability, also known as Mental Retardation, is a very serious psychological disorder that few are faced with for life. Intellectual Disability is characterized by a below-average level of intelligence (a mental ability) that lacks skills necessary for daily living. An IQ is the standard way to measure the level of intelligence one may have. Roughly 95% of humans have the IQ between 70 and 130. (Meyers and DeWall, 2014). The other five percent are either absolute genius or intellectually disabled. Being intellectually disabled can be caused in many ways

An intellectual disability, like the one had by Roland Johnson and about one percent to three percent of people, is defined as “a disability that is present at birth or occurs in the developmental period (before the age of 18) and is characterized by significant sub-average intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with related limitations in 2 or more areas of adaptive functioning” (Daul). Roland Johnson, though his life was hard, did not let his “limitations” limit him.

These prodigies, who had reached professional status at a very young age had varying theories of causation ranging from nurture to nature. The results indicated they had elevated level of intelligence, working memory and attention to detail. Interestingly, however, their family pedigrees showed an over-representation of relatives with autism. This indicates a potential commonality between child prodigies and savants genetically leading to the conclusion that child prodigies possess a form of autism but suppress typical signs.

Learning disabilities are neurologically based processing problems that can interfere with higher-level skills such as organization, time planning, abstract reasoning, long or short-term memory and attention. (Pardun, 2015)

Mental retardation is one of the few disorders that is usually present at birth and persists throughout life" (Hansell & Damour, 2005, p.441).

Therefore a study was done on one specific child named Tarah who has been diagnosed with dual diagnose and mental retardation. The study was to determine first if having visual cues are good ideas, second was what other support strategies are there to help children who are dual diagnosed and last when are children who are dual diagnosed might want to monitor their own behavior. With all of these three ideas being studied the results were surprising. From the study the researchers first discovered that visual cues do indeed help immensely when they are being involved in helping special educated individuals with dual diagnosis (Drake). The next result from the study was that the researchers discovered that in addition to visual cues the visual schedules, rating scale and comic strips were all helpful with special educated individuals with dual diagnosis. One more surprising result was that that was when a student becomes more satisfied with how they are doing the more they would want to push their selves to the next

There are many forms of mental retardation. Webster’s New World Dictionary defines mental retardation as “a condition, usually congenital, characterized by subnormal intelligence” (Agnes, p404). Mental retardation can be caused by a certain birth defect due to a traumatic event during the mother’s pregnancy, or mental retardation can also be inherited. The most common inherited form of mental retardation is Fragile X Syndrome.

"Savant disorder" is the most broadly acknowledged term that is utilized to portray the marvel when an comparison of an exceptional learning need and a skilled capacity has showed itself inside of a person. In spite of the fact that numerous studies have concentrated on living up to expectations with understudies who have certain stand out remarkable attributes, either an uncommon learning need or skilled capacity, the examination on the savant disorder is still generally thin. How the savant disorder is characterized is general conceded to by a large number of specialists; the question at hand is the widespread, distinguishing proof, speculations that plan to clarify the disorder, and what variables are imperative when helping these people be

Mental Retardation can be caused by many different factors such as environmental (drug use during pregnancy), genetic disorders (trisomy 21 – down syndrome), trauma, and prenatal infections to name a few. Mental retardation is a major cause of

Individuals with mental retardation are reaching increasingly higher levels of independence and making greater contributions to society. They have to make more and more decisions on the job, on the street, within community living arrangements, and within relationships. With regard to most of these situations, these individuals generally do well. Shopping, using public transportation, and self-care have all been favorite targets for educational programs, and higher levels of success are often achieved. There is, however, one area in which this claim cannot be generally sustained and that is in the appropriate expression of sexuality (Brown, 1994).