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Low Birth Weight Cerebral Palsy
916 wordsThere are many things to expect when a couple has a child. When a couple conceives a child they should know how much commitment is involved. There are the early morning feeds and cleanings, which can frustrate new parents. A person gives up privileges and most of their freedom when the child is born. Also, one of the parents has to stay home or figure out some way to watch and care for their child during the day. The parents make a commitment to the child to support and love that child. A child ...
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Cerebral Palsy Nine Years
1,146 wordsWhat do you do if there is a difficult decision to make, and this decision will effect your entire family and even what people think of you? Add the fact that no matter what decision you make, it will feel like a mistake. These are the things I am dealing with when trying to decide whether or not to put my son in a group home. My son is nine years old and suffers from Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and mental retardation. He was born prematurely and critically ill. Though odds were very much against hi...
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Studies On Augmentative Or Alternative Communication
1,937 wordsAfter speech is acquired, we use verbal and nonverbal communication to manipulate our environment. We communicate to give and receive information, to express intentions, beliefs and feelings. We communicate to solve problems, to entertain and to interact. How can we communicate when we cannot speak or understand speech? The solution is called Augmentative or Alternative Communication (AAC), a broad field that teaches alternative forms of communication to enhance the lives of the disabled. AAC is...
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People With Disabilities Cerebral Palsy
528 wordsMy Left Foot, The Elephant Man, and Mask The Movies My Left Foot, The Elephant Man, and Mask are all movies about people with disabilities. These three movies depict the lives of three men and the way society treats them and their disabilities. My Left Foot is about a man who can only use his left foot because of cerebral palsy and alcoholism. The Elephant Man is about a man who has very large, severe tumors on his whole body. Mask is about a young man who has a very large face that looks almost...
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Cerebral Palsy Nerve Fibers
777 wordsCerebral Palsy is a range of neuromuscular disorders caused by injury to an infants brain sustained during late pregnancy, birth, or any time during the first two years of life. People with cerebral palsy have a wide range of difficulties, from a clumsy walk to an inability to speak or swallow, caused by faulty messages sent from the brain to the muscles. In the mid- 1800 s, William Little, an English physician, first described cerebral palsy in connection with birth injuries. Approximately 2 pe...
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Cerebral Palsy Nerve Fibers
632 wordsCerebral Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is the term given to a general group of nonspecific neuromuscular disorders that cause behavioral abnormalities. The condition was originally thought to be caused by asphyxia and trauma during pregnancy; however, through extensive research many divisions of cerebral palsy emerged. Such categories include spastic, athetoid, and ataxic cerebral palsy. Today over half a percent of the worlds population is subject to this condition of the brain. ...
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Areas Of The Brain Cerebral Palsy
799 wordsThough many people refer to Cerebral Palsy as a disease, in reality, it is a group of chronic conditions affecting body movement and muscle coordination. Since it is caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, it usually occurs during fetal development; before, during or shortly following birth; or during infancy. Broken down, Cerebral Palsy stands for Cerebral- the brain, and Palsy-muscle weakness / poor control. Cerebral Palsy is not progressive, but secondary conditions can d...
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Nick Cerebral Palsy
1,085 wordsNicholas G. B. D. 5 - 3 - 82 Eighth Grade Examiner: Suzan Carter Testing Dates: 7 - 13 - 97, 7 - 19 - 97, 7 - 23 - 97 The purpose of this report is to give Mr. and Mrs. G. , Nicholas G. ? s parents, a more complete and up to date picture of Nick? s academic skill levels. Nick is a neighbor of the examiner, and both parents and examinee have cheerfully volunteered Nick as testing subject for the examiner? s Diagnostic Testing class. Nicholas has been in the Special Day Class Program, attending Sa...
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Nick Cerebral Palsy
1,081 wordspurpose of Diagnostic Testing The purpose of this report is to give Mr. and Mrs. G. , Nicholas G. ? s parents, a more complete and up to date picture of Nick? s academic skill levels. Nick is a neighbor of the examiner, and both parents and examinee have cheerfully volunteered Nick as testing subject for the examiner? s Diagnostic Testing class. Nicholas has been in the Special Day Class Program, attending Santa Barbara public schools since kindergarten. Nicholas is developmentally delayed and h...
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Cerebral Palsy Left Foot
1,052 wordsThe story My Left Foot, by Christy Brown, is a very courageous and touching story. This story is about Christy s life as he struggled with cerebral palsy. Christy has to learn to write, read, paint and type with his left foot. Though Christy fights with this disease, he manages to become a great writer. Because Christy has cerebral palsy he encounters many negative changes in his life which all changes when he finds the clinic. Life would be very difficult not being able to do most daily functio...
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