The Characteristics of the Disabilities

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The Characteristics of Disabilities

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The Characteristics of Disabilities

Introduction

During development , there are some instances whereby a child encounters developmental disabilities that are caused by diverse factors . The disabilities in turn affect their bodies influencing how the body system works hence how the child behaves . Developmental disabilities are birth defects which often have life long consequences for instance the nervous system disabilities that affect the functioning of the spinal cord , the brain and the nervous system and they cause mental

retardation to include , Down Syndrome , autism and fragile X syndrome . Sensory related disabilities are those affect vision , sight and hearing ability Metabolic diss for example phenylketonuria affect how the body processes the substances that is needed for general body function . While degenerative diss like Rett syndrome on the other may cause mental and physical diss . By and large , there are several developmental disabilities that may affect children and consequently affect their development in comparison with normal children (Wachs Sheehan , 1988 br

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Characteristics of Disabled Children

Despite the fact that there is no universal standard that can be used to define disability in children , several concepts have outlined disability in relation to atypical development . This is such that , when a child is disabled , it means that he or she is experiencing a deficit in a certain aspect of development for example vision , hearing and motor ability . In some occasion it is quite difficult to realize the deficits and this may be due...