Essays Tagged: "Mental retardation"
Ability for Hire
Assumption: A person with mental retardation cannot be trained to perform a job as well as an employee without a disability.Fa ... a job as well as an employee without a disability.Fact: Over two thirds of Pizza Hut employees have mental retardation. The average turnover rate (the rate at which workers quit) of these employees is ... mages to a 320-lb. woman for not hiring her and then ordered that she be hired as an attendant at a mental retardation facility. The EEOC said, 'It is not necessary that a condition be involuntary or ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Prader-Willi Syndrome
rader-Willi Syndrome is a serious genetic disorder that beginsat birth with no known cure ; causing mental retardation,short stature,lowmuscle tone,incomplete sexual development,and its main charecter ... d the disorder in 1956. The doctors described a small group of kids with obesity, short stature and mental deficiency , neonatal hypotonia (floppiness) and a desire to constantly eat because they are ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Of Mice and Men: Care/Treatment of the Disabled
l and/or social life, as a result ofdeficiency, either congenital or not, in his or her physical or mental capabilities"(Declaration 1). Six point two to seven point five million people of the populat ... eclaration 1). Six point two to seven point five million people of the population arediagnosed with mental retardation. Mentally disabled people act, think, and growdifferently than normal people, whi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
An essay on Edward's Syndrome also known as Trisomy 18.
e individual it emerges in, as well as his/her family overall.Edward's syndrome is a rarer cause of mental retardation than Down's syndrome, and a more severe disease. About 30% of babies with this co ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome its symtoms and treatment.
tion on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, "Fetal Alcohol Syndromeis the name given to a group of physical and mental birth defects that are the directresult of a woman's drinking during pregnancy." It impacts t ... l, as well as individual losses.Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is considered the most common known cause of mentalretardation in the Western World. There is no known cure for this disorder. FetalAlcohol Syndr ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Down Syndrome.
al to contribute to society as much as anyone else.Down syndrome is a condition associated with the mental retardation that results from a chromosomal abnormality. There are three types of chromosome ... wn syndrome are congenital heart disease, hypotonia, or reduced muscle tone, delayed growth, developmental delays, hearing and vision problems, cervical spine abnormality, hyperthyroidism, obesity, se ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Ethical Dilemma of Surgery vs. Religion involving a 12 year-old-child visiting the US.
ming from a hemorrhage, or "bleed" in her head. She was born with Down's syndrome and is moderately mentally retarded, but has lived her entire life with her parents, who are enjoying a brief visit to ... sal. The social worker finds them to be devoted parents, whose love for their daughter, despite her mental retardation, is not is question. Kallie has a healthy and warm personality and endears hersel ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Retarded people shouldn't get the death penalty
nited States there are about 3,700 people on death row. There are some arguments about how many are mentally retarded, but the number is estimated at about one-fourth to one-third (www.aclu.org/DeathP ... t the number is estimated at about one-fourth to one-third (www.aclu.org/DeathPenalty/... 1). Being mentally retarded does not mean being insane or having brain damage. Mental retardation is a lifelon ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
The Death Penalty and The Mentally Retarded - a brief overview of the injustice of allowing mentally retarded persons to be put to death under the death penalty
The Death Penalty and The Mentally RetardedIn the U.S. today the estimated amount of people suffering from mental retardation ... ll someone then they should die also. The question arises, what if the person who killed someone is mentally retarded, how do you punish them? If the person who committed the heinous crime does not un ... , is it fair to punish them? For many years this issue has been argued and has gone both ways. Many mentally retarded people have been executed, but yet many have been able to avoid execution by being ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
The purpose of intelligence testing with children.
ies such as cognitive deficits, learning disabilities,processing disorders, attention disorders and mental retardation. Toaccurately identify any of these, the tests should be conducted inconjunction ... son who takes the test withfull intention of doing well will do as well as they can. If they arenot mentally or physically ready, then the person invalidates the test,the test doesn't become invalid.
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Down Syndrome
angdon Down wrote an essay describing a particular group of children that had similar features with mental retardation. He stated that "these children looked liked people from Mongolia," therefore ref ... r that involves similar physical characteristics and complicating health issues that lead to developmental delays. At one point in time, it was said that individuals with Down Syndrome were not able t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Learners with Exceptionalities
s with exceptionalities, including learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, mental retardation and gifted students. A handicap is defined as a condition or barrier imposed by t ... environment or the self and a disability is a functional limitation that interferes with a person?s mental, physical or sensory abilities. (Slavin 1)A learning disability is a neurological disorder th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Work Cited 1.
syndrome is a disorder that includes a combination of birth defects; among children, some degree of mental retardation, characteristic facial features and, often, heart defects, increased infections, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Social welfare
rds them the dignity of a life for which God intended. All people in our society must have the fundamental rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.We must create a community proud of it's ... client self determination, respect for all people without thought of their differences of beliefs, mental functioning or station in life is an inherent factor in respecting the rights of others.I hav ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Summary of Down Syndrome/ Symtoms and treatments
gross ones that you don't want to read about. It is a genetic disease and has many symptoms such as mental retardation or slow mental development. Physical symptoms are almond shaped eyes and also fol ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Fragile X Syndrome
IntroductionFragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited mental retardation, seen in approximately one in 1,200 males and one in 2,500 females. Males with fr ... proximately one in 1,200 males and one in 2,500 females. Males with fragile X syndrome usually have mental retardation and often exhibit characteristic physical features and behavior [Hagerman and Sil ... able clinical severity is observed in both sexes. Most, but not all, males with a full mutation are mentally retarded and show typical physical ant behavioral features. Of females with a full mutation ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
MEntal Retardation
an excellent film. It was a film, which thoroughly explored each aspect, dealt with a child who has mental retardation. It creates a deeper understanding of frustrations, worries, expectations and hop ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
This is an essay On prader-willi syndrome. It is in depth and fills a solid three pages. 820 words
a genetic disorder that causes low muscle tone (floppiness), short stature, cognitive disabilities (mental retardation), behavioral problems, and chronic hunger that can lead to over-eating and life t ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Working With Parents of Exceptional Students
s with exceptionalities, including learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, mental retardation and gifted students. A handicap is defined as a condition or barrier imposed by t ... environment or the self and a disability is a functional limitation that interferes with a person's mental, physical or sensory abilities. (Slavin 2000) All of these students have parents of some type ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
What Causes Criminal Behavior?
hing to do with an innate tendency, or even something as far fetched as a genetic flaw or a form of mental retardation. Over the years that followed, many other sociologists and psychologists have tri ... " criminal. This was, he theorized, a result of certain atavisms whereby the criminal would be both mentally and physically inferior to "normal" human beings. Also, criminals would resemble our predec ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues