...In August Wilson’s play “Fences,” the author establishes a dynamic relationship between two brothers that struggled with one another due to one being mentally disabled due to a World War II battle injury. In this dramatic play, Troy, who is described as a bitter and selfish man, has a challenging time for loving, respecting, taking care and accepting his disabled brother, Gabriel. This inspired me to write about my life dealing with a severely autistic brother. I know how laborious it can be for Troy to look after his brother. It takes a lot of hard work, but the most important part is to have patience and to fully understand a brother with a severe disability. I had to learn to be patient to overcome my brother’s disability and to love, respect, and accept him for who he is regardless of how it affects me. In this paper, I will explore the ways in which Troy interacts with Gabriel, comparing them with how I interact with my brother, Bryan, and discuss how the people in America perceive and treat individuals with disabilities. The relationship between Troy and Gabriel is strained at best. Although, Troy struggles to provide his brother Gabriel with tenderness, dignity, and acknowledgement, he doesn’t know how to express his true feelings and emotions about his disabled brother. For a good and positive relationship between brothers to exist, there has to be good communication, and appreciation for each other. However, Troy doesn't seem to accept his brother and his disability...
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...Lifelong Learning Vicki Matthews SPE525N: Educating Learner’s With Diverse Needs Professor Gwen Dickey September 23, 2009 Abstract: Lifelong learning is a process for all children, regardless of learning abilities. The brain of an infant or toddler is like a sponge; the brain is in its’ prime. Increased mental and physical stimulated offered to a child during this time, the greater the chances of increased developmental growth. Attitudes have changed over the last few decades in regards to children with disabilities. Instead of hiding or ignoring the disability, models of advocacy and early intervention are espoused as being key to helping disabled children have academic success and also learn the social and life skills needed to transition in their adult lives. Introduction: Many years ago, when a child exhibited a potential developmental disability parents were advised to let a child ‘grow-out of it’. As the field of special education has evolved and grown, it readily acknowledged that catching issues early, not ignoring them, is the most effective way to help the child. “Early childhood experts agree that the earlier intervention begins, the better. Child development expert Burton White, who has conducted years of research with typically developing infants and preschoolers at Harvard University’s Preschool Project, believes that the period between 8 months and 3 years is critical to cognitive and social development:“to begin to look at a child’s educational...
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...Tyrell Manning SPE 226 09/17/2015 Virginia Murray Lifelong Essay Kids develop or inherent disabilities that are not their fault and they cannot do anything about it. This is really unfair to an innocent child to have to deal with this their entire life. Many of these kids suffer from disabilities and have extremely hard times dealing with it. They need help physically and mentally, so that they can cope with the disability. This normally affect the child, parents, teachers, and communities. Everyone must stay involved and motivated, so that the child has a chance to succeed. Parents need to have moral support and show their child how important their wellbeing is to them. Teacher need to educate and counsel these students to prepare them for young adult life. The community should always make the student’s lively hood and neighborhood comfortable. Our society has really stepped up and implemented programs to assist with the disabled being successful. Governments has took the responsible of making equal opportunities for disables students to succeed. They have learn the development or diagnosis for the disabled, implement early intervention programs, and invented transitional services to help students succeed in life. Students are diagnosis with disabilities regardless of their age. Some are born with the disability due to genetics (genes) or inheritance from their parents. Other students tend to develop disabilities over time due to...
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...possible connection between children with learning disabilities and juvenile crime. We feel researching the possible correlation between these two serious issues may help lead to more research of the topic and possibly prevention of juvenile crimes. Learning disabilities come in many forms the following are a few we have found through researching each of these disabilities has its own symptoms. * Dyslexia, * Dysgraphia * Dyscalculia * Dyspraxia (Sensory Integration Disorder) * Nonverbal Learning Disability * CAPD (Central Auditory Processing Disorder) * Visual Processing Disorder * ADD or ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder) * Autism (http://drlindasblog.com/list-of-learning-disabilities/) Add to the symptoms of these disabilities, the circumstances of life that some children face such as poverty, single parent homes, some are in foster care or group homes because their families can’t care for them, all of these things can contribute to the stress of the lives of children with learning disabilities which can in turn lead them to commit crimes very early in life. According to research done by the “National Center for State Courts” * Between 30 and 50 percent of all "officially adjudicated juvenile delinquents" nationally are learning disabled (LD). * Young learning-disabled males appear before a judge more than twice as often as non-learning-disabled males. * Adolescents handicapped by learning disabilities are "at high risk for delinquency...
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...Community Based Rehabilitation for PWDs Introduction: Definition and meaning of concepts Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) focuses on enhancing the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families, meeting basic needs and ensuring inclusion and participation. CBR was initiated in the mid-1980s but has evolved to become a multi-sectoral strategy that empowers persons with disabilities to access and benefit from education, employment/vocational, health and other social services. CBR is implemented through the combined efforts of people with disabilities, their families, relevant government and non-government organizations and communities. CBR is "a strategy within community development for the rehabilitation, equalization of opportunities and social integration of all people with disabilities” (provided by United Nations) "CBR is a strategy for enhancing the quality of life of disabled people by improving service delivery, by providing more equitable opportunities and by promoting and protecting their human rights" (Einar Helander; Internationally Recognized Expert on CBR) Goals/objectives of CBR The goals of CBR are to ensure the benefits of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities reach the majority by: ✓ Supporting people with disabilities to maximize their physical and mental abilities, to access regular services and opportunities, and to become active contributors to the community and society at large; ✓ Activating communities...
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...Significant Connections for Families of an ID Child Alfreda Green Grand Canyon University: SPE 351 June 30, 2013 Significant Connections for Families of an ID Child Children born with disabilities have to face challenges every day, some more than others depending upon their disability. There are four types of intellectual disabilities, mild, moderate, severe, and profound. To determine if a child is intellectual disabled, his or her IQ would have to be tested and an adaptive behavior is reviewed (NICHCY, 2013). Having a good support system is the key for parents when having a child with intellectual disabilities. I had the opportunity to discuss this with a teacher, Mrs. Karen Derrick, who teaches Special Education. She has worked with different types of ID children throughout her career. According to Mrs. Derrick, the impact an individual with an intellectual disability has on the family structure varies from family to family and disability to disability. Rest assured it will have some impact. These can range from something as minor as having to wear ear protection at a fireworks presentation to having to learn sign language or even other alternate forms of communication such as eye gazing. All of these will impact the family. For example, there are some people that have an intellectual disability that may never potty train, therefore requiring diapering, possibly for their entire life. This means they have to have round the clock care, not to mention the added...
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...occurs while a child’s brain is still developing — before birth, during birth, or immediately after birth. Cerebral palsy affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance. It can also impact fine motor skills, gross motor skills and oral motor functioning. Those with cerebral palsy were most likely born with the condition; although some acquire it later. It was once thought that cerebral palsy was caused by complications during the birthing process. While this does happen, it is now widely agreed that birthing complications account for only a small percentage, an estimated ten percent, of cerebral palsy cases. In my interview with Mrs. Rachel Kagichiri, a parent to a recently diseased CP child, she explained to me that many of the misconceptions we have about the disease should be done away with. Karanja, her son, was often blamed on her ‘negligence’ by relatives and friends who openly thought she must have done something for her son to turn out this way. Current research suggests the majority of cerebral palsy cases result from abnormal brain development or brain injury prior to birth or during labor and delivery. Accidents, abuse, medical malpractice, negligence, infections, and injury are some known risk factors that may lead to cerebral palsy. An individual with cerebral palsy will likely show signs of physical impairment. However, the type of movement dysfunction, the location and number of limbs involved, as well as...
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...Laura Burns SPE-226 Professor Benedict January 24, 2014 Lifelong Learning There are many factors that go into the diagnosis and treatment of developmental disabilities. It is something that will never go away on its own and requires lifelong treatment so that each person can achieve learning throughout their lifetime. This essay will discuss what a developmental disability is, how it is diagnosed, the types of assessments as well as their strengths and weaknesses, early intervention, various educational programs in place to help those with developmental disabilities, services available for middle-high school children, transitional programs to help these students succeed after schooling or go on to post secondary education as well as the suggested outcomes for such programs and areas in which these programs can improve upon. Fantastic intro. Let’s the reader know what is coming next. A developmental disability is defined as “a mental and/or physical impairments that limit substantial functioning in at least three areas of major life activity. Such areas include self-care, language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self-sufficiency” (Hardman, Drew & Egan, 2014). Often times, parents find out either while the mother is still pregnant or shortly after birth that their child has a disability. In some cases, it could take years before a child exhibits signs that he/she may have a disability. It is imperative that proper...
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...Having any kind of disability can be difficult to deal with, but imagine, not being able to walk independently, not being able to see the world thorough your own two eyes, not being able to hear the sounds of your family or the places around you. This is a physical disability. A physical disability can either be short term or long term. Some people may be born with one while others are simply caused by injury, illness, or accident. Some physical disabilities may improve over time and others can be treated through medication or physical therapy. It can be a huge challenge, having a disability; it can mean drastically changing the way you live or merely changing some aspects of your life. Children and adults with physical disabilities have the same basic needs as other children and adults. There is a wide range of physical disabilities that one can have. These include those such as cerebral palsy, whose patients may have limited motor skills, speech difficulties, learning disabilities, or other problems. Muscular dystrophy, an inherited disorder of the muscles in which the muscles become very weak and are replaced with fatty deposits over time. Another is congenital heart problems, which is a malformation of the heart or blood vessels near the heart, this is a disability that you must be born with. Blindness, in which some cases are worse then others, weather you legally blind or completely lacking sight. Last are the deaf, who either wholly or partly lack the sense of hearing...
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...226Learning Disability Report |DEFINITION |CAUSES |EXAMPLES |TEACHING |CHARACTERISTICS |PLACEMENT | | | | |STRATEGIES | |OPTIONS | |Intellectual |Down Syndrome, |Math activity use real |Child pronounce syllables|Characterized by impaired cognitive |IEP team determines | |Disability |Velocario facial |money and give the |until words are |functioning and deficits in two or |student’s placement in | | |Syndrome, Fetal |children opportunity to |completed/pictures and |more adaptive behavior. |specialized program. | |Limits to a person |Alcohol |purchase items in the |visual aids | | | |ability to learn daily t|Syndrome, Genetic |classroom. | | | | |an expected level and |Problems | | | | | |function in life. Lack | | | | | | |of social skills...
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...Rett Syndrome Joseph Lee 4th Period Rett Syndrome is a disorder which affects the nervous system and is found almost exclusively in girls. One in 10,000-20,000 newborn babies are born with Rett Syndrome, making this disorder very rare. Rett Syndrome is often described as autism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, epilepsy, and various anxiety disorders wrapped into one. In this paper, I will discuss what exactly Rett Syndrome is, who discovered it, how he discovered it, what its causes are, what the symptoms are, the disorder’s course, and possible treatments for the disorder. Said Dr. Rett at a conference regarding the disorder which bears his name: These three words summarize best our task: To live, to love, and to learn. We are aware of the fact that many mysteries of this syndrome still remain undisclosed, and therefore, for the time being, we have no option but to live with it. However, the children with their very special ways give us enough impulse to share their lives. It is a further mystery of this syndrome that the affected children render it easy for us to love them. A dominating factor in the care of such children is that they understand us and we understand them. Their appearance and the sparkle in their eyes make it easy to love them. Daily care for them and working with them gives us grownups strength, enabling us to learn the special treatment required, thus furthering our own development. To...
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...Educating Special Needs Students Educating Special Needs Students Successful teaching, in general, calls for creativity, patience, flexibility, patience, expertise and a lot of patience. Successful teaching of special needs students magnifies the importance of these traits even more so. Mental retardation, autism, severe and even multiple disabilities, while posing additional impact and challenges on the education process for students, these issues are in no way insurmountable. Well thought out curriculum plans implemented through special policy, services, and programs are necessary to ensure that any student has every opportunity available to them for a successful education experience that will carry through beyond their student years. Mental retardation is descriptive of a disability that includes both intellectual as well as behavioral problems and until recently, was often used as a blanket statement to cover a wide variety, if not all, disabilities. In 2006, The American Association on Mental Retardation changed its name to The American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAID, 2009) to reflect a change in this attitude. They state that “intellectual disability is one that is characterized by significant limits both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills (AAID, 2009). While a number of the causes of intellectual disabilities are still...
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...Rachna Foundation [RACHNA ON THE CROSSROADS] Rachna Foundation is in a turbulent phase with greater than expected influx of mentally disabled children and government’s strict new regulations. Amidst the usual battle for arranging finances it is finding it hard to keep its mast upright. Rachna on the crossroads On a busy Friday morning, while Dr. Lalitha was busy attending to her patients at her home based clinic, she got a call from the office of Rachna Foundation. The office staff had received a call from the Paper cup machine supplier in Sivakasi, Tamilnadu requesting them to send a scanned copy of the draft at the earliest. The task was simple but a copy of requisition letter signed by her was also required along with the copy of the draft. She hurled into the office at 11 am, completed the formalities and ordered the office staff to complete the rest of the task. In her 2 hours stay at the office, she attended to the teaching staff’s issues and concerns, talked to the parents, called up the corporation office to fix an appointment with the counsellor and called up an NGO which was willing to collaborate with Rachna Foundation. One her way back to the clinic (also her home), she thought of paying a visit to Rachna Foundation’s new building at Palluruthy, Cochin. Even under the 40 degrees hot sun, the construction work was in progress and she was happy with the progress made so far. She slid into her car and was dreaming of the new building which was planned to become...
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... Equally important is the need for gathering information about the child's parents and siblings, which provides a context for understanding how problem behaviors manifest. This information also often serves as a basis for determining how well parents and other caretakers will be able to implement treatment strategies. The clinical evaluations of ADHD must be comprehensive and multidimensional in nature, so as to capture its situational variability, its associated features, and its impact on home, school, and social functioning. This multi-method assessment approach should include: parent and child interviews parent- and teacher-completed child behavior rating scales parent self-report measures clinic-based psychological tests review of prior school and medical records individually administered intelligence testing, educational achievement testing, or screening for learning disabilities (only necessary if not completed within the past year a standard pediatric examination or neurodevelopmental screening to rule out any unusual medical conditions that might produce ADHD-like symptoms additional assessment procedures may be recommended, including vision and hearing screening, as well as formal speech and language assessment. The Key Components of a Comprehensive Assessment of AD/HD," by Arthur Anastopoulos, Ph.D., E. Paige Temple, M.A., and Ericka E. Kinger, M.A., which originally appeared in The CHADD Information and Resource Guide to ADHD. Informed consent (ACA) ...
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...population, I decided to use this population in my paper. I selected this population because as these children grow older the problems they will face in adulthood also grow. Today many children have disabilities that may have happened during birth or a traumatic accident. Throughout life these children will struggle if they do not receive the right guidance, counseling, therapy, and love rom those around them. Testing and assessments that are not done before a child can enter in the special education program are two of the problems that are causing the program not to be provided. They have to wait for proper services once the testing and assessments are done to be placed in an education program. If special education services would increase educators still believes that the demand of special education would not be meet. Also another reason is the lack of funding for Medicaid to help with their medical needs. Being that their medical treatment is so expensive it caused cut backs on how many ties they receive medical treatment. It can be very frustrating for any parent with a child that has special needs when their child is in need of services. Services can really be hard to find for parents, such as childcare, or choosing the right type of long tern educational needs. Education is a service that is very important for special needs children. They really need education throughout adulthood. Most childcare provider does not accept special needs children because of it being a very high...
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