Henrietta Lacks was born 97 years ago on August 1, 1920 in Virginia. She was born into a very poor household and with 8 siblings. Henrietta’s mother, Eliza Pleasant, died when Henrietta was only 4 years of age during childbirth. After her mother’s unexpected death, her father moved the children to Clover, VA. Henrietta worked on her grandfather’s tobacco farm growing up.…
On a rainy day, April 3 ,1982, Diana Rae Lundell (Frahm) went into labor at our cousin’s birthday party. Melanie Rae Lundell was born at 11:35 pm, at the Cannon Falls hospital. Following melanie’s birth, Melissa Kay Lundell was born at 11:41 pm. Melanie weighed five pounds and three ounces. Melissa weighed five pounds and two ounces.…
Let’s begin! On June 23, 1940 Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely. She was the 20th out of 22 children. She wanted to become an African-American track and field champion but it wasn’t going to be easy.…
In “The Contender” Kyle Maynard, a person born without limbs, showed how anyone can do everything that you want to do. Learning how to do everything normally…
It was not my age that made me so uncommonly insecure, it was everyone’s reaction to it: “No... Really?,” “I just can’t believe it,” and “Wait you are that young? You are practically a baby.” The question of age was always preceded by my most enthusiastic…
Imagine if you were born with the inability to walk. I was born with bilateral club feet which is caused by the achilles tendon to be too short. My parents were worried that I wouldn’t be able to live a normal life, but thanks to the help from doctors I am. I’ve been able to do everything everyone else does.…
I was born on Thursday August 13th, 1998, in Aberdeen, South Dakota at St. Luke’s Hospital at 3:05 p.m. I weighed nine pounds and two ounces. I was twenty two inches long. When people came to visit me, they noticed my long fingers and my lack of hair. My brother and sister would not let go of me.…
Developmental milestones are things that most children can do at a certain age, these milestones are reached in how children play, learn, speak, behave and their movement. ‘More than 90% of babies at this age are walking well enough that they are able to squat down, pick something up off the floor and jump back up again’ (Dana Sullivan, 2015) Children start from learning how to sit up alone which gives them a new perception of the world, crawling gives the child more freedom and independence, they use their upper body strength to pull themselves up from sitting to standing which then later on leads to them being able to stand alone without the assistance of an object or person. 17 month old children are developing rapidly, their cognitive,…
Fine motor skills involve head control at approximately six weeks, rolling from side to side, grasping for objects and also sitting upright. (Berk, 2005, p.143) 10. Gross motor development: Gross motor skills are characterized by movements using the entire body or large parts of it. This includes the ability to roll, stand, walk and jump. (Milestones of Child Development A Guide to Young Children’s Learning and Development from Birth to Kindergarten, 2008).…
Occupational Profile of Patient M.P is a 10-year-old Hispanic male who is a middle school student. He lives in 1 story house with his parents and a 6-year-old younger sister in Northwest Houston. M.P. was referred to occupational therapy service to address delayed milestone in childhood. His mother stated that M.P. has not yet demonstrated optimal occupational performance relating to fine motor skills, visual-motor skill, and self-care skills such as feeding and grooming. M.P.’s occupational history (provided by mother) reveals that he is a picky eater, and he avoids crunchy texture food.…
Autobiographical paper. I was born on April 5th 1995, in a small village in Durango Mexico. I lived there for about 13 years, then we moved here to Chicago. I am 6 ft. ½ inches tall and I weight about 119 pounds.…
As stated in the article Children with Down syndrome: Discovering the Joy of Movement “several investigators have noted that children with DS tend to treat movement sequence as a series of separate tasks, causing their movement to appear jerky and hesitant” (Jobling et al. 34). Other difficulties that are presented in children with DS are movement control, poor posture and balance, and motor difficulties (34). In this article a structure called Framework for Development of Language and Movement was created to address development of awareness of body, space, and effort, development of language of movement, time for exploration/practice, and communication and interaction with others. For body awareness, breath and learning about how limbs function in movement through total body connectivity: Breath, Core-Distal, Head-Tail, Upper-Lower, Body-Half, and Cross-Lateral, can aid those children with DS (Hackney). Space awareness explores the body in relationship to space, but also to shape.…
I completed my infant observation at the University Child Development Center. The University Child Development Center specializes in childcare for infants all the way up to children age 12. The infant I observed was about eight months of age and was placed in a classroom that usually has a relatively small number of infants for better one on one attention. As I completed my observation, I observed all five developmental domains which include physical, emotional and social, cognitive, adaptive, and language and communication.…
Abstract There are many professional researches and studies that have been conducted to find out more insight in regards to why humans behave as they progress through life. Psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, contextual, and evolutionary perspective are the six major theoretical perspectives that have influenced lifespan development. Distinct theories and the developmental stages will be discussed throughout this paper from a personal point of view and provide insight on how various factors have contributed to the development process thus far in life. Spiritual development will be discussed from the earliest memory and will expand into early adulthood, which is the current state of development. Human growth and development varies from person to person and what works for one person will not necessarily be beneficial for another.…