Mental Retardation Mental retardation is defined as, an individual with limitations in cognitive ability and adaptive behaviors that interfere with learning. Individuals with mental retardation learn at a slower pace, have low IQs, and may reach a level where learning stops. There are no exact causes for mental retardation but some things are associated with the disability. Prenatal development problems, childbirth difficulties, and a childhood brain injury can all lead to mental retardation
recognizable intellectual abilities: spatial ability, memory, perceptual speed, word fluency, numerical ability, reasoning, and verbal meaning. Thurman argued multiple factors go into making up intelligence and although there may be some correlation between mental abilities, each ability is relatively independent of each other. A person having remarkable spatial ability or the ability to rotate an object and estimate horizontal and vertical dimensions might be deficient in word fluency or the ability to generate
A drug to treat a type of mental retardation has showed promise. I chose this particular text because it relates to my novel "Flowers for Algernon" this article states that a they’ve discovered a drug that will treat types of mental retardation and this relates to my book because Charlie the main character of "Flowers for Algernon" was a mentally retarted man and a couple of scientists did an experimental operation on him to boost his IQ and intelligence. In this article they state that the drug
to care for his younger brother (Arnie) who suffers from mental retardation, while also caring for their obese mother. Arnie is very dependent on his brother who bathes him and keeps an eye on him at all times. Arnie’s symptoms are very clear throughout the film including communication, health, safety, self-care, and home living (Grohol, 2013). Taking care of a younger sibling on your own has to be hard enough without them having a mental disorder. Their mother who is obese has not left the house
Introduction Many individuals with mental retardation (MR) have mental health disorders that are undiagnosed and untreated (Reiss & Valenti-Hein, 1994). Individuals with MR experience the full range of emotional, psychiatric and behavioral disorders at higher frequencies than the general population (Kishore, Nizamie & Nizamie, 2010; Prout, 1993). Prevalence studies have shown that individuals with MR are three to four times at higher risk for psychopathology than are individuals without MR (Matson
mentally retarded a cruel and unusual punishment considering their mental capabilities? If a person suffers from mental retardation and commits a capital crime (ex. Murder) should the death penalty be enforced? The APA and American people feel that this type of punishment for those who are mentally retarded is a cruel form of punishment and should not be allowed (APA, 2013). The view of the American culture is that executing those who are mental retarded is against our morale's and values. Instead the Amicus
becoming more and more common in our society’s everyday language, many people do not realize how offensive the word actually is. Throughout the years retard has had multiple definition changes. The word retard came about from the medical term mental retardation, defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, as a “sub average intellectual ability...manifested especially by delayed or abnormal development, by learning difficulties, and by problems in social adjustment”.Nine times out of ten, this term The
him to death. In 2002, the Court decided Atkins and opened the door for defendants to challenge their sentence using Atkins claims. Hall filed such a motion in 2004, but the evidentiary hearing to reexamine the mental retard... ... middle of paper ... ...s Claims of Mental Retardation, 39 HASTINGS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW QUARTERLY 1, 1-173 (2011). Tobolowsky, supra at 47. FLA. STAT. ANN. § 921.137(1) Brief of Petitioner at 10, Hall v. Florida, USSC No. 12-10882 (2013). Id. at 7 (quoting Hall v. State
ecological conditions on the one hand and mental retardation on the other. His interests in mental retardation led to books such as The Cloak of Competence, which will be analyzed in this paper and Lives in Process. His ecological interests produced The Individual in Cultural Adaptation, followed by Rules, Exceptions and Social Order. He then turned his attention to studies of deviant behavior (Alone Together) and mental illness (Changing Perspectives in Mental Illness with S. Plog). In recent years
“If retarded people with the mental age of 5 could be executed, does that mean that 5 year olds should be executed?” Justice David Souter made this statement during oral arguments in Atkins v. Virginia. The questions posed by this argument include the inquiry of; when is someone handicapped enough to be irresponsible for a crime? When, in a person’s development, are they capable of understanding right and wrong and consequences? Finally, in the eyes of the law, what do we do about it? Some say it
and people. This process requires the learner to make meaning of something by creating and re-working patterns, connections and relationships. From various scientific studies, it has been proved that this cognitive process is largely premised upon mental capabilities and development of the brain (intime, 2001). For people to actualize their ideas and creativities of their minds, learning is inevitable. However, the ability to learn is dissimilar for all people- some learn faster than others. This
animals and humans with severe mental retardation, religion affecting human’s beliefs of superiority, and finally the ability to suffer and how similar humans and nonhumans are. Singer begins by talking about how there are several species of animals that are capable of doing more than that of a human with severe mental retardation. When you look at animals such as the gorilla Koko, who has a higher cognitive capacity then a human with severe mental retardation, this raises some questions to the
Syndrome On any given day in the United States approximately 10,600 babies are born. (US Census Bureau). Of those, twenty babies are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), is a series of both mental and physical birth defects that can include mental retardation, growth deficiencies, central nervous system disorders, behavioral problems, and craniofacial deformities…and it is one hundred percent preventable. Growth deficiencies can be significant and include the following:
The movies I watched dealt with physical, health impairment, mental retardation, and intellectual disability. The plot line, characteristics of the LD character in the movies and the similarities and differences between the two movies. The movies that I watched were Of Mice and Men and All of Me. Of Mice and Men, the plot line was about two traveling workers. The two main charters are George and Lennie. They are living in California. Aunt Clara, Lennie’s aunt, died, so George had to take care of
Rogerian Argument: Tropic Thunder The movie “Tropic Thunder” is a comedy about five actors who set out to create a movie about a Vietnam veteran’s experience. The actors self-absorbed, attitudes caused them to look fake and over-dramatic. As a last minute last hope effort, the director sent these five actors to, what he believes, is where the war actually happened. Soon after arriving to this unknown land, the director is blown up by an old land mine. The actors then find themselves trapped in a
characteristic abnormalities, are collectively called Fetal alcohol Syndrome. Ethanol exposure to the fetus causes various malformation ranging from the cellular to the organismic levels with the eventual results frequently being different levels of mental retardation (3). Chick embryo studies provide a relatively good model for defining the effects of ethanol at many organizational levels of neurogenesis, cell death, neuronal migration and differentiation, cell to cell connectivity, and synaptic function
the process and progress of students’ learning. But with the collaborative help from the school, parents, and community; these students can achieve a positive outcome. Intellectual disability is a term used when a person has certain limitations in mental functioning and in skills such as communicating, taking care of him or herself, and social skills. These limitations will cause a child to learn and develop more slowly than a typical child of the same age (NICHCY). Limitation in intellectual functioning
million dollars that his father left is being directed to a mental institution, where his brother who he never knew existed, Raymond Babbitt, lives. Charlie is determined to get what he believes is his share of the Babbitt estate, Charlie takes Raymond on a car trip back to Los Angeles to meet with his attorneys. Charlie intends to get Raymond's doctor, Dr. Gerald R. Bruner, to settle for half of Sanford Babbitt's estate so that the mental institution can maintain custody of Raymond. Susanna leaves
over the inability to treat mental retardation was shifting with social and rehabilitative services towards scientific treatment” (Paul, 2000, para. 5). Robert Guthrie, then a microbiologist and physician working in Buffalo, New York, was troubled by the fact that both his son and niece were mentally retarded. He desperately searched for answers as to why his loved ones were struck with mental deficiencies. Upon drawing blood from his niece, whose mental retardation was caused by PKU, he noticed
Where We’ve Been.., 2005, para. 5). The mentally retarded population has both a low IQ and the inability to perform everyday functions. Activities such as eating, dressing, walking, and in some cases, talking can be hopeless for a child with mental retardation. Schooling for the disabled requires a special environment—one that only a few teachers have the gift to care for. Instead of looking out for the child’s needs, the government is focused on passing test grades and social skills. Mentally retarded