Mental retardation

The New York Times is viewed by the public, so the readers do not have expertise in FXS or the retardation associated with it. The article does not go into specific detail about FXS but gives a general overview of what FXS is and how it affects people who have it. Harris may not have gone in depth about FXS to make the article easier to read for a bigger…

is referred for genetic counseling by her pediatric nurse practitioner. The patient's three-year-old son was diagnosed with fragile-X-associated mental retardation syndrome. L.A. is currently at fourteen weeks’ gestation with her second pregnancy. The following paper will discuss the gene mutation responsible for fragile-S associated mental retardation and describe how it causes the clinical syndrome of developmental delay, joint hyperextensibility, large testes, and facial abnormalities.…

their symptoms, children with FAS may grow less quickly than other children, have facial abnormalities and have problems with their central nervous systems, including mental retardation. In the United States, FAS is one of the leading causes of birth defects and is thought to be the most common cause of preventable mental retardation. Each year between 5,000 and 12,000 American babies are born with the condition.”9 Although children diagnosed with FAS can lead seemingly normal lives, the…

service for individuals with supports needs due to mental health and intellectual disabilities mental retardation and mental health services are administrated through each county mental health/mental retardation program office. These offices are part of county government and are overseen by a county Mental health developmental services administrator. The county Mental health developmental service offices serve as a referral source. Most actual mental health services are delivered by local…

This gene gives the directions for making a protein called fragile X mental retardation 1 protein, or more commonly known as FMRP. The protein can be found in the brain, ovaries, and testes. CGG is supposed to replicate around 30 times in the FMR2 gene for normal neural development. However, when someone has Fragile X the CGG…

create before age fifty. Loss of conversational abilities, self-improvement aptitudes, and resolute and uncooperative conduct can be found in persons creating dementia as well as Alzheimer 's. In 1992, the American Association on Mental Retardation characterized mental impediment as generous restrictions in working described by sub-normal scholarly working and confinements in two or a greater amount of the accompanying appropriate versatile expertise zones: correspondence,…

condition as well as the challenges they face in everyday life. Over the years, Fragile X has constantly advanced in gene studies. At the beginning of 1943, two fellows named Martin and Bell had begun a presentation to exhibit how a form of mental retardation had recently come to their attention. With their presentation, Martin and Bell had proved how…

through to severe intellectual impairment. This genetic disability is caused when the gene that normally produces a certain protein that helps with brain development is changed. In 1943 Martin James Purdon realised that a particular form of mental retardation was X-linked (later known as Fragile X syndrome). Later on in 1969, Hebert Lubs developed a chromosomal test that detected the Fragile X gene,…

refer to themselves when they make mistakes, and the slang word has become so popular that it appears in many rap songs. Some know what they are doing when they say it but the majority of it’s users don’t mean it in an offensive way to those with mental illness. They have plainly fallen into the habit of using slang. They most likely do not even realize what it…

“The Mismeasure of Man,” by Stephen Jay Gould discuss how overtime scientist tried to measure a human being worth by using biology to determine this worth. Scientist would measure various things on the human body to determine this worth with example like how much your head weights to how far apart someone toes would be from another toes. The ultimate goal of all of these experiment was to determined what race was superior to all of the other races. With the scientist being mostly European their…