Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Grand Canyon University
SPE 526
Professor Elizabeth Jorgensen
ABSTRACT Students and adults can be affected by many disabilities. Some maybe genetics, some self inflicted by accidents, in order to help the person with the disability we must first understand the reason behind the problem to better help the person affected by the disability. All disabilities affect individual in different wants, from learning disabilities to blindness each person and their families are affected in different ways. Many of these disabilities will affect each student in different ways, some may learn slower than others, and require more time to finish an assignment or even more time to comprehend what the teacher is trying to rely. As a student, these individual will require assistant From IDEA in order to proceed to enter grade school all the way through high school to be able to transition to a the world and lead a normal and productive life. And with the proper guidance and family support, they will be normal productive citizens.
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES – MENTAL RETARDATION Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), 2012). Intellectual disabilities use to be referred to as mental retardation. Mental retardation is an intellectual disability caused by a birth defect which may cause the individual to lifelong complications. Some mental retardation affects the brain, spinal cord and nervous system, e.g., Down syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome. Mental retardation may also cause learning and behavioral disorders such as Autism. It can also affect sensory related disabilities that affect vision, hearing, or metabolic disorders which controls how your body relays information needed to
Grand Canyon University
SPE 526
Professor Elizabeth Jorgensen
ABSTRACT Students and adults can be affected by many disabilities. Some maybe genetics, some self inflicted by accidents, in order to help the person with the disability we must first understand the reason behind the problem to better help the person affected by the disability. All disabilities affect individual in different wants, from learning disabilities to blindness each person and their families are affected in different ways. Many of these disabilities will affect each student in different ways, some may learn slower than others, and require more time to finish an assignment or even more time to comprehend what the teacher is trying to rely. As a student, these individual will require assistant From IDEA in order to proceed to enter grade school all the way through high school to be able to transition to a the world and lead a normal and productive life. And with the proper guidance and family support, they will be normal productive citizens.
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES – MENTAL RETARDATION Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), 2012). Intellectual disabilities use to be referred to as mental retardation. Mental retardation is an intellectual disability caused by a birth defect which may cause the individual to lifelong complications. Some mental retardation affects the brain, spinal cord and nervous system, e.g., Down syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome. Mental retardation may also cause learning and behavioral disorders such as Autism. It can also affect sensory related disabilities that affect vision, hearing, or metabolic disorders which controls how your body relays information needed to