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SSC 320, developmental disabilities test 1
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What is a developmental disability?what kind of an impact does it have? what major life actives
may be limited? - Answer✔- a severe long lasting disability which impedes normal growth and
development
- manifested before the age of 22
- disabling conditions impact social, cognitive, and/or physical development.
Impact: results in limitation in 3 or more areas of major life activities such as
1. capacity for independent living
2. economic self sufficiency
3. learning
4. mobility
5. receptive and expressive language
6. self care
7. self direction
What are types of developmental disabilities? - Answer✔Neurodevelopment disorders:
- autism (autism spectrum disorder "ASD"): formerly: autistic disorder, aspergers, PDD, rhetts
- Motor disorders: ex. cerebral palsy
-epilepsy
-down syndrome
- intellectual disability: formerly MR (mental retardation)
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- Tic disorders: Tourette syndrome
Autism prevalence - Answer✔1 in 36 children. boys are 4X as likely to be diagnosed
- children diagnosed with ASD have a higher incidence of being diagnosed with an intellectual
disability.
What is an intellectual disability? - Answer✔a disability characterized by significant limitations
both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and
practical adaptive skills
How does IQ factor into diagnosis of an Intellectual Disability? - Answer✔- 2 standard
deviations or more below the mean; IQ <70
What are the levels of intellectual disabilities and in which order? - Answer✔ranges: mild,
moderate, severe, profound.
How does the DSM 5 factor IQ scores in diagnoses? - Answer✔note that the DSM 5 places less
emphasis on IQ score and more emphasis on level of adaptive functioning
What are the models of viewing disability? What are the differences in viewing disability? -
Answer✔Historical and social models.
- moral model
- medical model
- rehabilitation model
- social or disability model
Medical vs social model - Answer✔medical model puts emphasis on clinical care ("cure") cersus
social aspects of care ("care")
social model: "The stairs are the problem. They should build a ramp"
Developmental disability is: - Answer✔- a social construction: shared understanding of "reality",
"normal"; allows for effective communication (for certain purposes)
social difference "shift" - Answer✔disabilities are handicaps when they create barriers to a
personal and social development of a person w/ in the expectation, constraints and supports
available.
- as perceptions of social difference shift, so will perceptions of disabilities
What is cognitive dissonance? - Answer✔the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or
attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.
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SSC 320, developmental disabilities test 1
Exam Questions With 100% Correct
Answers Guaranteed Pass.
What is a developmental disability?what kind of an impact does it have? what major life actives
may be limited? - Answer✔- a severe long lasting disability which impedes normal growth and
development
- manifested before the age of 22
- disabling conditions impact social, cognitive, and/or physical development.
Impact: results in limitation in 3 or more areas of major life activities such as
1. capacity for independent living
2. economic self sufficiency
3. learning
4. mobility
5. receptive and expressive language
6. self care
7. self direction
What are types of developmental disabilities? - Answer✔Neurodevelopment disorders:
- autism (autism spectrum disorder "ASD"): formerly: autistic disorder, aspergers, PDD, rhetts
- Motor disorders: ex. cerebral palsy
-epilepsy
-down syndrome
- intellectual disability: formerly MR (mental retardation)
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- Tic disorders: Tourette syndrome
Autism prevalence - Answer✔1 in 36 children. boys are 4X as likely to be diagnosed
- children diagnosed with ASD have a higher incidence of being diagnosed with an intellectual
disability.
What is an intellectual disability? - Answer✔a disability characterized by significant limitations
both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and
practical adaptive skills
How does IQ factor into diagnosis of an Intellectual Disability? - Answer✔- 2 standard
deviations or more below the mean; IQ <70
What are the levels of intellectual disabilities and in which order? - Answer✔ranges: mild,
moderate, severe, profound.
How does the DSM 5 factor IQ scores in diagnoses? - Answer✔note that the DSM 5 places less
emphasis on IQ score and more emphasis on level of adaptive functioning
What are the models of viewing disability? What are the differences in viewing disability? -
Answer✔Historical and social models.
- moral model
- medical model
- rehabilitation model
- social or disability model
Medical vs social model - Answer✔medical model puts emphasis on clinical care ("cure") cersus
social aspects of care ("care")
social model: "The stairs are the problem. They should build a ramp"
Developmental disability is: - Answer✔- a social construction: shared understanding of "reality",
"normal"; allows for effective communication (for certain purposes)
social difference "shift" - Answer✔disabilities are handicaps when they create barriers to a
personal and social development of a person w/ in the expectation, constraints and supports
available.
- as perceptions of social difference shift, so will perceptions of disabilities
What is cognitive dissonance? - Answer✔the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or
attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.
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