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Challenges of Adolescents Afflicted by Tourette Syndrome (TS) (1613 words, 3 pages)

Special Needs Adolescents and Maturity Are There More Challenges? In recent years there has been a great deal of public concern about adolescents identified as "at risk" of a variety of social ills, such as drug addiction, criminal behavior, teen pregnancy, drunk driving, and dropping out of school. While these ... Read More

Clinical Description, Treatment and Detection of Down Syndrome (1142 words, 4 pages)

Introduction Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality. It is the most frequent form of mental retardation and is characterised by well-defined, distinctive phenotypic features and natural history. An error in cell development results in forty-seven chromosomes rather than the usual forty-six. There are three major types of Down syndrome. About ... Read More

A Report on Cushing’s Syndrome (871 words, 2 pages)

The endocrine system disorder I chose to do my report on is Cushing's syndrome. The main cause of Cushing's syndrome is a small non-cancerous tumor on the pituitary gland that causes it to produce too much cortisol. The most noticeable symptoms are weight gain on the face and in other ... Read More

An Experiment on How It Is to Be Blind (922 words, 2 pages)

Blinded by Food Before I planned to blindfold myself and go through the weekly family Sunday night dinner, I knew one thing. That thing was in this experiment I want to come a step closer, to see which is better being blind or deaf. Hence, on this adventure I want ... Read More

The Class Experiment on How It Is to Be Blind (709 words, 1 pages)

The twenty minute experiment that was done in English class allowed me to see the world clearer. In class we were blind folded and asked to negotiate ourselves, with the help of a classmate, around school. The simplest task were turned into complex events due to the poor experience my ... Read More

Down Syndrome (1261 words, 4 pages)

The general characteristics of down syndrome can include any of the following short attention span, vision and hearing issues, impulsive behavior, slow learning or delayed language and speech development. Physical characteristics could be, decreased muscle tone, small head, ears or mouth, a flattened facial profile and nose or an upward ... Read More

Coping With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (1239 words, 5 pages)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is caused when women have consumed alcohol during any stages of her pregnancy. There are three terms to describe Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, which are Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FAS, Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder ARND, and Alcohol Related Birth Defects ARBD. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome describes a full range ... Read More

What Is Werewolf Syndrome and Its Treatment (653 words, 2 pages)

Hypertrichosis also known as a werewolf syndrome is a trait ofexcessive hair growth on the human body. The 1st case of this syndromewas in 1648. About 100 people have it today. Supatra Sasuphan 11 yearsold has an abnormality in two families in (Mexico and China). One pieceof a chromosome added ... Read More

The Repercussions of Blind Justice (1873 words, 6 pages)

Justice is blind is a quotation that many legal systems try to adhere to. However, the human species cannot avoid the reality that they are biased. For example, the memories formed by individuals are not always exactly the same. Certain stimuli can change how one person remembers an event so ... Read More

The Negative Repercussions of Blind Justice (1825 words, 5 pages)

Justice is blind is a quotation that many legal systems try to adhere to. However, the human species is one that is easily misconstrued. The memories formed by individuals are not always exactly the same. Certain stimuli can change how one person remembers an event and because of this flaw ... Read More

My Personal Struggle with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (629 words, 2 pages)

Everyones heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, but everyone asks me to show them where my radial tunnel even is. Following a number of years behind a screen on and off work, I had major surgery on both of my arms, giving me scars racing up and down my arms, like ... Read More

We Should Not Turn a Blind Eye on the Issues of Human Trafficking in Society (5534 words, 17 pages)

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights (1948). Article 3 states, Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. (United Nations, 1948). Article 5 states, No one shall be subjected to torture ... Read More

A Review of Snow Blind, a Short Story by Elizabeth Strout (899 words, 3 pages)

Snow BlindSnow Blind by Elizabeth Strout, presents a young girl who finds peace and sollitude amongst the mysterys that lie beneath the forest . The story begins in a small rural town where a tightly knitted family lived, the Applebys. There lived another family down the road, two boys and ... Read More

Drug Dependence and the Withdrawal Syndrome of Drug Addiction (410 words, 1 pages)

Addiction and WithdrawalDrug dependence is the body's physical need, or addiction, to a specific agent. Over the long term, this dependence results in physical harm, behavior problems, and association with people who also abuse drugs. Stopping the use of the drug can result in a specific withdrawal syndrome. The exact ... Read More

The Watchmaker Analogy in The Blind Watchmaker, a Book by Richard Dawkins (1614 words, 6 pages)

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins explains the theory of evolution by using the watchmaker analogy forwarded by William Paley. In the narrative, Dawkins explains through natural theology the reason why the evolutionary theory is valid. Basing his observation of the interaction between a watchmaker and the watch, the creator ... Read More

A Case Study of the Munchausen Syndrome by Prox (2087 words, 4 pages)

Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy, also known as Fictitious Disorder on Another, is a disorder in which a person causes or makes up a fictitious injury or illness in another. In most cases this is demonstrated as the caregiver gives fictitious symptoms to a child, elder, or a person with a ... Read More

The Problem of Racism in America and the Blindness of White Americans to the Issue (3342 words, 11 pages)

Racism, a disease that has infected America for countless years, has officially come to an end. After hundreds of years of discrimination and hatred, the disease has been eradicated. So what cured the epidemic? Ultimately, the blindness of white Americans to the problem, the ignorance of the people, and the ... Read More

Cosmetic Surgery Is Not an Answer to Down Syndrome (1179 words, 5 pages)

IntroductionDown syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the mind and causesphysical disability. It is caused by irregular division of cells whichcauses formation of a full or extra chromosome. A normal person should havea 21 pairs of chromosomes but, Down syndrome people have extra chromosomes(Suzedelis, 2006). The extra chromosome s ... Read More

Describing an Experiment from the Perspective of Jose Saramago the Author of Blindness (1325 words, 4 pages)

I have chosen to write a written debrief consent of an experiment from the perspectives of Jose Saramago, the author of the book Blindness. I did this because you can try to explain the fictional situation through the perspective of the author, as to why he created a world with ... Read More

The Speech and Language Deficits of Children With Down Syndrome (1614 words, 7 pages)

Years of research have concluded that children with Downs syndrome will present with speech and language deficits. Children with Down syndrome are extremely likely to experience difficulties with semantics, grammar, phonology, and pragmatics (Martin et al, 2009, p. 113). These children are also equally likely to experience difficulties with speech ... Read More

A Language and Speech Study on Children With Down Syndrome (1670 words, 7 pages)

Participants125 children (1834 months of age) with Down syndrome were selected for this study. The following criteria were necessary (1) a diagnosis of DS as seen on medical records (2) age between 18 and 34 months (3) vision and hearing normal as reported medical records (4) expressive vocabulary of at ... Read More

An Activity of Walking Around Blind (481 words, 1 pages)

The activity where I had to be blind for an hour was extremely interesting. Growing up my siblings and I would sometimes play games like this but it would only last for a few minutes before one of us got bored or crashed into a wall and got mad. Taking ... Read More

An Analysis of Physical and Mental Blindness in Oedipus the King by Sophocles (889 words, 3 pages)

In Sophocles Oedipus the King, the running theme of blindness--whether physical or mental, unknowing or willful-- takes center stage throughout the play. The main character Oedipus is completely oblivious (blind) to the mess his life has become until, ironically, he actually physically blinds himself. His father, King Laius of Thebes ... Read More

A Study on the Alien Hand Syndrome (764 words, 3 pages)

The brain has involvement in even the simplest of activities we partake in throughout the day. People hardly think about how much goes into one single motion, but there are multiple steps that the neurological system speeds through in a few milliseconds as someone reaches for something or even just ... Read More

The Causes and Physical and Mental Effects of Down Syndrome (555 words, 2 pages)

Down Syndrome occurs when an individuals cells contain a full or partial extra copy of the 21st chromosome, while typically, individuals have 23 evenly paired chromosomes without any extras. According to the National Down Syndrome Society, roughly 400,000 Americans have Down Syndrome and one in every 691 babies in the ... Read More

A Research of the Disorder of Color Blindness (497 words, 3 pages)

Research Paper on Color Blindness The topic for the research paper Bethel and I chose to do was color blindness which also can be called color deficiency. The condition of the disease called color blindness is where you are unable to distinguish certain colors. Color blindness is a disease that ... Read More

A Research on the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments of Angelman Syndrome (1738 words, 8 pages)

Research Project A - Angelman SyndromeAngelman syndrome is a disorder that is characterized by severe learning and developmental disabilities, balance and movement disorder, seizures, severely limited speech, and irregular behaviors such as hyperactivity, bursts of laughter, and abnormal facial expressions (OMIM 2016). This disorder has also been referred to as ... Read More

The Difference between Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome (1074 words, 5 pages)

Differences between Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome (ADHD)Tim Burton, Jim Carrey, Terry Bradshaw, and Susan Boyle have something in common, but neither money nor fame or talent unites them. The truth is that each of them has been diagnosed with either autism or ADHD. As of 2014, the US ... Read More

The Existence of Microaggression in Society in The Blind Side, a Film by John Lee Hancock (1773 words, 6 pages)

The mindset of the American populace has steadily improved in regards to racial equality since the achievements during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. With the support of the government, influential leaders, and peaceful protests, African Americans were able to establish themselves in broader career paths and begin to ... Read More

An Overview of the Developmental Disability, Down Syndrome in Aging Adults (3237 words, 11 pages)

Introduction Disabilities can be defined as common conditions that are caused dueto health problems, personal and environmental factors. Developmentaldisabilities are conditions that result from mental or physical impairmentsduring the developmental stages of a human being. Most conditions areusually identified before the age of 22 and they can have long-term effectson ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013