Intellectual Disability Flashcards
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a condition characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior that originates before the age of 22.
Intellectual Disability
What are the intellectual disabilities?
Down Syndrome
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Developmental Delay
Define intellectual disability
A condition characterized by limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior that originates before the age of 22.
A disorder caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21 and characterized by mental retardation and distinguishing physical features.
Down Syndrome
the most common chromosomal form of ID, it is sometimes referred to as trisomy 21.
Down Syndrome
named after John Langdon Down in 1886
Down Syndrome
Previously known as mongolism.
Down Syndrome
Who are the famous persons with Down Syndrome?
- Madeline Stewart
- Pablo Pineda
Became the first professional model with Down Syndrome featured in high-profile publications and runways
uses her platform to advocate
Madeline Stewart
First person with down syndrome to earn a major degree from a regular university in Spain, also earn ed degree a BA in Educ Psychology while working.
Pablo Pineda
A condition occurring in a fetus or newborn due to utero ethanol exposure when the mother consumes alcohol during pregnancy.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Can lead to severe learning disabilities
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
It is on the severe end of the FASD, and is a lifelong condition and a leading cause of intellectual disability (higher than Down Syndrome and cerebral palsy)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Who are the famous persons with FAS
Jim Carey
Morgan Fawcett
one of the most notable comedian of all time and experienced abandonment issues from his mother’s continuous drug and alcohol use into his childhood.
Jim Carey
Is diagnosed with FASD. A tlingit flute plater with full musical albums, a public speaker, and a part of an NGO. He wants to help educate others about FASD, both native youth and people nationwide.
Morgan Fawcett
Refers to a child who has not gained the developmental skills expected, compared to others of the same age.
Developmental Delay
A neurodevelopmental disability that is only diagnosed in children less than 5 years of age.
Developmental Delay
A temporary diagnose until the child is old enough to participate in standardized testing.
Developmental Delay
Usually diagnosed to those who show significant delays in two or more of the following developmental domains:
- Fine or Gross Motor Skills
- Speech and Language
- Social and Personal Skills
- Daily Living
Symptoms of DS Accrdg to ICD 10th R (2016)
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● flat hypoplastic face with a
short nose
● prominent epicanthic skin
folds small low-set ears with
prominent antihelix
● fissured and thickened
tongue lack of joint ligaments
● pelvic dysplasia
● broad hands and feet
● stubby fingers
● transverse palmar crease
● lenticular opacities
● heart disease or congenital
heart malformations
Symptoms of DS Barlow, Durand, and Hoffman (2017)
-folds in the corners of their upwardly slanting eyes
-flat nose
-small mouth with a flat roof tat makes the tongue protrude
True or False patients with down syndrome have an estimated 5-30 fold increased risk for leukemia; most have symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease by age 40.
FALSE:
10 to 30-fold increased risk for leukemia.
In terms of cognitive development, what is/are the symptoms of DS?
-Mild to moderate intellectual disability
-delays in speech and language development