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What is physical disability?
It is a condition that affects a person’s mobility, physical capacity, stamina and dexterity.
What si cystic fibrosis?
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary genetic condition, inherited when the gene is carried by both parents.
CF affects the respiratory, digestive and reproductive systems, because of a malfunction in the mucus and sweat glands which causes mucus to thicken and build up, resulting in recurrent infections in important bodily organs.
Do disabilities have a cure? Support your answer.
No. Disabilities must be understood and diagnosed as a developmental disorder, but fundamental for providing adequate professional care.
What is an intellectual disability?
It is a disorder defined by the presence of incomplete or arrested mental development, principally characterized by the deterioration of concrete functions at each stage of development and that contribute to the overall level of intelligence, such as cognitive, language, motor and socialization functions
What are the classifications of intellectual disabilities?
They are classified by degrees:
1. Mild
2. Moderate
3. Severe
4. Profound
What does physical disability includes?
Brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, respiratory disorders, epilepsy, hearing and visual impairments and more.
What is multiple sclerosis?
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a is an autoimmune disorder causing damage to nerve cells. This results in diminished brain and spinal cord function, manifesting in various ways.
What color is your teacher's backpack?
Pink
What is needed to score the intellectual development level?
It must be determined based on all of the available information, including clinical signs, adaptive behavior in the cultural medium of the individual and psychometric findings.
What is fundamental when distinguishing the limitations of each disability?
Establish intervention guidelines.
What are the causes of physical disabilities?
Hereditary / congenital and acquired.
What is spina bifida?
Spina Bifida (SB) refers to a range of developmental birth defects that affect the spinal cord, leaving nerves open to damage.
If a moderate or mild mental disability is involved, who will generally establish the diagnosis and what is next?
It will be determ9oined by the educational institution and then a doctor will be consulted to corroborate the diagnosis or to advise the parents for treatment.
Intellectual disability is characterized by:
Evident limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive conduct, the latter expressed as conceptual, social and practical adaptive skills.
What is the initial reaction in a diagnosis?
Denial.
What is an acquired brain injury?
Occur after birth as a result of damage to the brain through accidents, strokes, tumors, infections, degenerative neurological disease or lack of oxygen.
What is cerebral palsy?
Cerebral Palsy affects the way the brain controls the body’s muscles resulting in speech, movement and posture difficulties. In most cases it is caused by brain injury or abnormal development that occurs before birth or before one month of age.
Who goes every day to dances and drinks a bottle?
La Chona.
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According to several international associations, which are the 5 dimensions that must be considered in intellectual disabilities?
What means comorbidities?
The presence of one or more additional, conditions co-occurring a primary condition.
Individuals who suffer mental delay are more vulnerable for developing a psychiatric abnormality, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders and behavioral.
What is epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a neurological condition that triggers recurring unprovoked seizures.
What is Prader-Willi Syndrome?
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare, non-hereditary genetic disorder that affects development and growth. Characteristics may include growth and skeletal abnormalities, eye problems, intellectual disability, emotional instability and excessive eating, which often leads to obesity.
What is the complete name of your beautiful teacher?
Anabel López Flores
What causes intellectual disabilities?
Genetic factors
Hereditary factors
Acquired factors
Environmental and sociocultural factors
What is the fundamental task we have with those who have intellectual disabilities?
It is the detection of the limitation and abilities as a function of subjects’ age and expectations for the future, with the only goal being to provide the support necessary for each one of the dimensions or areas in which the person’s life is expressed and exposed.