exposure are Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). I have seen the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) when I worked in a pediatrics unit. The patient “Lily” was a four year old female when I first met her. Lily had all the devastating effect of (FAS)‚ mental retardation‚ facial abnormalities‚ blindness‚ deafness‚ heart defects‚ low birth weight and failure to thrive. She was literally a prisoner in her own body. Lily’s mother had abandoned her at birth and she was a forever foster child. She passed away at
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people with developmental disabilities 18. Office of Mental Health 19. Human Rights First 20. Salvation Army The Two agencies I have chosen to discuss is Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and Safe Horizon. OPWDD offers services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. This organization was created because at one point people with all types of disabilities whether it was physical‚ mental‚ psychiatric were placed into an institution called Willowbrook
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include such factors as basic intellectual or emotional immaturity‚ high levels of stress such as post-traumatic stress disorder or as severe mental retardation‚ severe mental illness‚ intoxication‚ severe sleep deprivation‚ Alzheimer’s disease‚ or being in a coma. Questioning and challenging decisions that are made by others this would depends on the mental capacity of the individual you want to support. First‚ you would obtain their permission and then you must get them to explain as exactly as
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fetal alcohol syndrome may include 1. Deformities of joints‚ limbs‚ and fingers 2. Slow physical growth before and after birth 3. Vision difficulties or hearing problems 4. Small head circumference and brain size 5. Poor coordination 6. Mental retardation and delayed development 7. Learning disorders 8. Abnormal behaviors‚ such as a short attention span‚ hyperactivity‚ poor impulse control‚ extreme nervousness and anxiety 9. Heart defects and more B. Individuals with this syndrome also
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Phenylketonuria‚ also known as PKU‚ was discovered in the 1920s by a Norwegian doctor named Asbjorn Folling. As the story goes there was a young couple by the name of Harry and Borgny Egeland. Harry was a dentist and Borgny had quit working to be a devote wife and mother. Shortly after their marriage Borgny became pregnant with their first child‚ a beautiful little girl named Liv. As Liv grew and 3 years had passed her parents became concerned with the fact that she hadn’t began talking yet.
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sight‚ I thought to myself‚ this won’t be alright. In 1910 a million passed through‚ So‚ I threw myself a party and played my kazoo. 350 babies were born in my hospital‚ Eastern Europeans were so undesirable. People were tested for mental retardation‚ But those people still had determination. Car companies often paid for people’s trips‚ The people that came to America came on humongous ships. There were schools for new mothers‚ The people came off the boat one after another. In Ellis
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reach their education level. Also these work programs help takes off the many stresses facing parents. They no longer have to go it alone. Tay Sachs disease is another seletc ive genetic disorder that destroyed nerve cells. This causes mental retardation‚ loss of muscle control and death. Children who inherit an abnormal gene from both parents will inherit the decease. The carrier parents have one normal gene and one defetc ive gene. Carriers of Tay-Sachs disease have no symptoms. " If two carriers
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"Flowers for Algernon" is a book about a human experiment‚ which turns a mentally retarded individual‚ Charlie‚ in a genius in a short amount of time. Algernon is a mouse‚ which they have tested the experiment on first. As the book begins‚ a major conflict of man vs. society appears. Basically its between Charlie‚ representing the mentally retarded vs. society. Charlie does not realize this when his intelligence is limited but as he grows brighter he notices the people he used to call friends‚
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Many states such as Georgia followed this idea that sentencing mentally challenged criminals to death is unconstitutional. In the Penry v. Lynaugh case‚ Penry was tried‚ convicted and placed on death row. The court in Texas did not consider his mental retardation a mitigating factor in sentencing him to Death Row. When he was tried for a second time‚ he was again placed on Death Row. Eventually the Atkins v. Virginia case caused the court to end his death sentence‚ after proving his sentence a violation
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Psychology Professor Katia Araujo Feb 4‚ 2013 Abstract Currently working in an Arizona State Mental Health Facility as a Forensic Psychologist‚ I have been recently given the task‚ court ordered by the judge to evaluate a patient’s competency to stand trial. His name is Edward Wilson. He is a 25 year old male with a history of mental illness‚ stemming from the age of seventeen. According to the police report found in Edwards file‚ on Feb 4‚ 2012 Edward was arrested
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