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Students With Mental Retardation
Students With Mental Retardation
Convulsive disorders
Cystic fibrosis
Asthma
Rheumatic fever, cancer, AIDS
Acute health problems
Indivisible disabilities caused by such conditions as:
Arthritis
Asthma
Cancer
orthopedic limitations
post-surgery
chronic fatigue syndrome
seizure disorder
Characteristics with other health impairments:
Asthma
HIV/AIDS
Sickle-cell disease
Epilepsy
Cancer
Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes
Cystic fibrosis
ADVOCACY – means being a voice for your child.
Advocate – is an expert who can guide you and your child to get the best
results possible from the special education process.
Older children as self-advocates – depending on their age abilities, children can
advocate for themselves too.
Human reproduction – it is the time of conception and fertilization.
Heredity – is the transmission of genes from one generation to the next of
human characteristics.
Chromosome – must come in 23 pairs.
PRINCIPLES OF GENETIC DETERMINATION
Dominant–recessive genes principle – your dominant human characteristics is
extremely shown while recessive trait is not clearly shown.
Sex-linked genes principle – your human characteristics is influenced by your
femininity or masculinity.
Polygenic inheritance principle – your human characteristics is a mixture of
140,000 genes.
Genotype and phenotype genetic heritage
Genotype human characteristics – it comes from our genes, it does not change.
Phenotype human characteristics – it comes from our environment.
BIOLOGICAL CAUSES OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Pregnancy – is a critical period of human development.
Pregnant women – are vulnerable to developmental disabilities.
Deafblind – both senses will be reduced enough to cause a significant
difficulties in everyday life.
How to handle: