Education

Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructor Date Reflection A college education is a right choice for me because it helps to expand my network in preparation for starting and advancing my career. I can have a better career option, a chance for progress, and a greater chance of landing a job. By acquiring new skills, it helps in building my skill set and the industry knowledge. Besides, the transition prepares me to new fields by equipping one with skills, knowledge, and credentials for a better working career. My past education experience has given me the chance to interact with instructors from various departments. In addition to that, I have been able to socialize with students...

Name Professor Course Date Types of Orthopedic Impairments Cerebral palsy It is an impairment of movement and posture and is common to school-age children. It results from an abnormality of brain growth which is caused by prolonged diseases (Heward et al. 374). Often, Cerebral palsy is caused by injuries or illness that are prenatal, perinatal or postnatal. The victims are associated with disturbances of their voluntary motor functions. Therefore, such conditions can be managed through a cooperative involvement of various stakeholders such as occupational therapist, counselors and communication specialists. Spina Bifida It is a condition in which spine and spinal cord do not form properly....

Name Professor Title Date Deafness and Hearing Loss Deafness and hearing loss can be described as the partial or total loss of the ability to hear. It affects the capability of people to learn where the information is relayed through speaking. In the case of enhancing English literacy, it becomes very hard for an individual in such a situation to differentiate sounds. People with this condition have limited access to vocabularies given that most of them are learned through hearing (Heward et al. 295). Therefore, they cannot create proper sentences and differentiate their structure which is a crucial role in the learning of English. In this case, they are not fully exposed to the critical...

Student’s name Instructor’s name Course title Date Autism Describe how Autism affects the following: Social Interactions Autism damages an individual’s ability to interpret and understand own and others’ feelings, thoughts, and motives. As a result, a person with autism will have problems with the joint attention, which is crucial in the development of social skills and interaction with peers and with the environment. Hence, the person tends to be withdrawn from others limiting his/her social interactions (Heward et al. 223). Communication and Language Autism causes aloofness in a person and limited connection with others. Social interactions may be a key to the development of...

Name Professor Title Date Language Impairment Language impairment can be described as a form of a disorder that tampers with individual capabilities in learning, using and understanding of either written or spoken language. In children, this form of the disorder usually affects their ability to read, write, understand, and talk. In the case where an individual has articulation disorder, is not capable of producing a specific sound. This situation makes it very difficult to understand what a person is trying to say because the person cannot physically produce sounds as they are supposed (Heward et al. 266). The language impairment, in this case, is a severe condition given that it affects...

Student name Instructor Course Date In TED Talk, Grandin gives his explanations for the need for different types of cognition and provide the personal view in the mind of someone living with Autism. The insight the author can build the bridge of understanding between animals and human. In addition, he gives the relationship between people on and off the autism spectrum (Grandin, min16). To be precise, she talks about how people living with autism think in pictures rather than in language. For victims to solve the energy crisis, they need to develop cures for such disease. In addition, Grandin advocates that the society need to appreciate all people basing on different minds. The author...

Name: Course: Professor: Institution: Hearing Simulation Watching videos without the sound turned on presents communication challenges. While watching Schindler’s List, I hardly was able to follow the plot and the storyline. I relied on lip reading to understand the characters. Eventually, the momentum of the movie proved too much to keep up with the pace. Watching movies without the sound also raises doubts on what the characters say. Sometimes, individuals pronounce words differently, and that creates confusion. Lastly, watching films without the sound excludes the aspects of intonation and expression of emotions. That means that a person with hearing loss misses a lot more than just the...

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Learning in Children with Disabilities What insights did you gain about disabilities? Children with disabilities have normal intelligence as their average counterparts. However, when it comes to the field of academics, these children experience difficulties especially in listening, speaking, reading and mathematics among others. After going through the reading exercise on the Misunderstood Minds website, I have learned several things regarding these differently gifted children. First, children with disability have a hard time breaking even in the field of academics which ordinary people will find difficult to understand. The exercise is a...

Name: Instructor’s Name: Course Details: Date of Submission: How Intellectual Disabilities affects the following: Rate of Learning. Recent studies have shown that the children who are undergoing difficulties in their mental state tend to be much slower than their counterparts who have no learning disabilities. It takes an average of two to three times for a child without disabilities to comprehend an action. But for a child with disabilities it may tale a longer time with an estimate of twenty to thirty times the normal rate of learning. Research has proven that as long as children with mental disabilities are given opportunities to perform challenges may work for them...