Slow Down

Being involved with therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities, I’ve seen quite a few different issues within children. One child that has developed a soft spot with me has juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Not knowing much about the disease, hearing how often she has to go for treatments, and to different specialists, I decided to do my research on the treatment involved. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), previously known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), is an autoinflammatory

be able-bodied. By depicting an able-bodied person as seeking acceptance from the wheelchair-using majority, it proposes that in the real world, disabled people are seeking acceptance from able-bodied people. But while the man in the film could sit down on a trashcan in order to feel included, someone confined to a wheelchair cannot stand in order to feel accepted by their able-bodied peers. The last scene of the film is the most key. The man walks into a room for a community meeting, for which the

to help improve the lives of many children with genetic disorders such as Autism and Down Syndrome. Music Therapy. Many people have heard about or even experienced this modern form of treatment. The majority of the population, however, does not really understand the concept. One therapist summarized public opinion on music therapy by saying, “A

INTRODUCTION Turner syndrome is a common chromosomal abnormality, occurring in approximately 1 in 2000 live-born female infants. it results when an X chromosome is missing or partially missing. Turner syndrome can cause medico-developmental problems, including short stature, failure to start puberty, infertility, heart defects, thyroid problems, certain learning disabilities and social adjustment problems. About 10-30% of cases develop hypothyroidism. This is often associated with thyroid enlargement

Smith-Magenis Syndrome There are thousands of rare diseases known to mam kind that only affects one of every couple thousand people. Each of which have their own unique characteristics that define each disease from one another. The one disease that is closest to my last name is the Smith-Magenis Syndrome also known as (SMS). However, 1 in 25,000 are considered to have this condition but are currently not diagnosed with the disease. Although, many officials believe the number is closer to 1 in 15

Down syndrome is an increasingly prevalent disease in the US. It is a genetic disease that is caused by an extra 21st chromosome. One in about every 800 live births has Down syndrome. Down syndrome is the most common form of both identifiable retardation and genetic diseases. Genetics is the study of how certain traits are passed from parents to their children. Genes are the basic unit of heredity. Cells are the building blocks of a person’s body. We each have more than a trillion cells. Our genes

children. the average age range for mothers giving birth is 20-34. With the current up rise of babies being born to young mothers, I could not help but think about how age plays a factor into birth effects. Down syndrome is the most common single cause of human birth defects. The most common form of Down syndrome is known as trisomy 21, a genetic condition where individuals have 47 chromosomes in each cell instead of 46. Trisomy 21 is caused by an error in cell division called nondisjunction, which leaves

Watership Down Have you ever wondered how rabbits lived? How they get food or sleep or live? This book tells you about that and it also tells of an adventure of a couple rabbits trying to find a new Warren. The beginning of the story start off in a warren. The two main characters are Hazel and his brother Fiver. Fiver is a special rabbit, meaning he knows when something is not right and can sense it. One night Fiver got the sense that something bad was going to happen to their warren. He told Hazel

The incidence of Hearing loss (HL) in humans worldwide is 1 in 1000 live births (Nele Hilgert, 2009). 50% of the cases of HL are due to Genetic factors where congenital or prelingual hearing impairment is detected (Morton, 2006). Genetically, Nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) is a heterogeneous disorder due to the complexity of auditory system (Gao X, 2013). Arabian Peninsula is a consanguineous population, so most of the NSHL is inherited in an autosomal recessive (AR) pattern of inheritance. Currently

Language is a key factor in the communication between humans, playing an important part in the interaction between individuals. The human language is a symbolic ruled governed system that is both abstract and productive characteristics, enabling its speakers to produce and comprehend a wide range of utterances (Kuczaj & Hill, 2003). Many individuals from birth through infancy childhood and adulthood have no issues when it comes to language development, but for many others the development of language