Intellectual Disabilities II - Down Syndrome, Cretinism and developmental disabilities - A STAR Project Today’s topic 1. Down syndrome 2. Cretinism 3. Epilepsy 4. Pervasive Developmental Disabilities - AD/HD - LD: Learning Disability - Autism - Aspergar Syndrome Down syndrome Caused by: Chromosomal Deficiency (Depend on maternal age etc) Age Chances < 30 1/1,500 30-34 1/580 35-39 1/280 40-44 1/70 45 < 1/38 I love dancing! Signs: Hair starts high on forehead, Ears low, Small mouth Slant eyes, Short neck, etc Don’t use the word “Mongol”! Cretinism Caused by: Not produce enough thyroid (Lack of iodine etc) Signs: Hair starts low on forehead, Puffy eyelids&face, Slant(Almond-shaped) eyes, Short neck, etc - Prevention: Use the iodized salt! - Prevention of deterioration: Have early and continued treatment! Epilepsy Caused by: Visual Stimulation, Physical & Mental stress, etc Signs: Recurrent unprovoked seizure (Conscious/Unconscious, Stop/Non-Stop, …) Treatment: Prevention: Note: Medicine Avoid stimulation & stress Don’t leave him alone! Napoleon BURN DROWN FALL SLEEP! Socrates AD / HD (Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder) Caused by: ? (Genetic problem, Environment, Food, etc) Characterized: Lack of attention, concentration, time conception Twice as frequently in boys as girls 30% of people with AD/HD have epilepsy Oh, I’m late!? Where is my book!? I don’t want to sit down! LD (Learning Disability) Caused by: ? (Genetic problem, Environment, Problem during pregnancy, etc) Characterized: Difficulties in listening, speaking, writing, Spelling, calculating, understanding, guessing, etc More than twice as frequently in boys as girls Difficulty with the visual notation of speech or written language Autism Caused by: ? (Genetic problem, Environment, Problem during pregnancy, etc) Characterized: Difficulty in communication & social interaction Repetitive behaviors, with intellectual disabilities I’ll do it again and again Others cannot understand. Effort to understand what is his difficulty & stress Asperger Syndrome Caused by: ? (Genetic problem, Environment, Problem during pregnancy, etc) Characterized: Difficulty in communication without intellectual disabilities More than twice as frequently in boys as girl Non-Asperger You are happy. You are sad. You are angry. Asperger Why show me tooth? Why water from eye? Why Your face is red? Thank you! Opening Ceremony :Jalalbaba Auditorium, ABT