Archive for September 27th, 2007
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Asperger Syndrome is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired social and occupational skills, by normal language and cognitive development, and by restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities often with above average performance in a narrow field against a general background of deficient functioning
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a collective term given to developmental disabilities that impair the way that individuals interact and communicates with others. ASD includes Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder.
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious diseases that cause physical disability in human development.It is a non-progressive disorder, meaning the brain damage does not worsen, but secondary orthopedic deformities are common. There is no known cure for CP. Medical intervention is limited to ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Dyspraxia entails the partial loss of the ability to coordinate and perform certain purposeful movements and gestures in the absence of motor or sensory impairments. Dyspraxia may be acquired (e.g. as a result of brain damage suffered from a stroke or other trauma), or associated with failure / delay of ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Articulation/Phonology:Articulation" is the production of speech sounds. Intelligibility is a measure of how well speech can be understood. Someone with an "articulation disorder" can be hard to understand because they say sounds incorrectly. "Phonology" is the science of speech sounds and sound patterns. Every language has rules about how sounds ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Down syndrome or trisomy 21 is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome.The condition is characterized by a combination of major and minor differences in structure. Often Down syndrome is associated with some impairment of cognitive ability and physical growth as ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Stammering, is primarily characterised by repetitions, pauses, and prolongations in speech. Stuttering usually occurs on the initial sound or syllable of a word, in the first word of a sentence, on accented syllables, and on 'content' words. 'Content' words carry the meaning of a sentence, which is why when listeners ...
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