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What was the question of the 20th century? How does this fit with the timeline of US history that we've discussed in class? - Answer What are we going to do with all of the people who are feeble-minded? - Answer Society saw people with IDD as criminals. Solution: separate them from society, segregation and sterilization Professional Movement - Answer 1900's-1950's: - "Professionals know best, so we should listen to them" This has changed because they did not use ...

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Stereotypy refers to A) misunderstandings applied to persons with developmental disorders. B) repetition of meaningless and non-functional gestures or movements. C) the prevalence of developmental disorders. D) behaviors that are used to diagnose Downs Syndrome. E) behaviors present in FASD. - Answer b While issues such as deinstitutionalization were major issues in the 1970s and 1980s, according to the text the focus shifted in the 1990s to A) studying normalization. B) examining...

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Communication - Answer act in which info is given to or received from another person concerning that person's needs, devices, knowledge etc. speech - Answer communication expression of thoughts in spoken word language - Answer complex system, code or symbols used to communicate phonology - Answer rules that govern spoken language morphology - Answer studies structure of words broken into morphemes syntax - Answer organized rules denoting phrase/clause order ...

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Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Answer Diagnosed first in infancy, childhood, or adolescence Include the following: 1. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (covered under Childhood Disorders) 2. Specific learning disorder 3. Autism spectrum disorder 4. Intellectual Disability Communication and Motor Disorders Overview of Specific Learning Disorders - Answer Scope of learning disorders: 1. Academic problems in reading, mathematics, and/or writing 2. Perform...

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Developmental disorder affects at least 3 of these - Answer Self care Speech and language Learning Mobility Self-direction (problem solving, choices/decisions) Independent living Economic self sufficiency 8 Common Developmental Disabilities - Answer - Intellectual - Down Syndrome - Cerebral palsy - Epilepsy - Spina Bifida - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - ADD / ADHD - Autism Intellectual Disability - Answer Impaired ability to learn Below average intelligence ...

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Developmental Disability - Answer Person has significant limitation in cognitive functioning and adaptive functioning and those limitations A. originated before the person reached 18 years of age B. are likely to be life-long in nature C. affects areas of major life activity, such as personal care, language skills, learning abilities, the capacity to live independently as an adult (under Services and supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act,...

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physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity - Answer Disability mental, physical, or combination lifelong impairment manifested before age 21 that requires lifelong services and includes limitations in at least three areas of self-care, language, learning, mobility, self-direction, independent living, economic self-sufficient - Answer Developmental disability replaced "mental retardation", originates before age 18, significant limitat...

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Developmental disability is a severe and chronic disability that A. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination thereof B. Manifests before age 22 C. Is indefinite D. Results in substantial functional limitations in at least 3 of the major life areas E. All of the above - Answer All of the above What are the major life areas used to determine developmental disability - Answer Self care Receptive and expressive language Learning Mobility Self-direction Ca...

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Definition of pragmatics -expressive language ability -vocabulary ability -social use of language -language comprehension - Answer Social use of language Development of social abilities requires which of the following -higher IQ -experience -direct training -fluent language - Answer Experience (T/F) Differences in eye gaze pattern AKA eye tracking may be useful in providing an earlier diagnosis of ASD - Answer TRUE (T/F) Deficits in response, but not in initiation ...

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