Yusuf Haughin

AO1- Investigating Disabling Condition

What is Autism

Autism is a spectrum condition; affecting the brain neural

development in individuals. This means that people with
autism share certain difficulties in their condition but
affects them differently. Some have physical as well as
mental aspects but the severity can vary form one case to
the next.

Some people live free and independent were some

combined with learning difficulties need a life’s time
specialists support. Autism can have a dramatic change on
some one’s life, but everyone with autism can make a
good contribution to people’s lives.

Autism is more common than Down’s syndrome and

cerebral palsy combined the exact cause’s of autism are
still be researched and unknown but genetic and
environmental may account for change’s in brain
development.

Causes

The brain development of a baby can be study to acquire

and outcome if the child will suffer with autism “new
studies show that at birth the brain is normal sized, in
infants that become autistic it changes in the fist 6
mouths following birth”. “The autistic brain begins to grow
to fast to and to large these results in abnormalities within
the first year in the child having an abnormally large
brain”. Autism is not caused by a person upbringing and is
not there fault there are a range of intentions for people
with autism.

There are factors of strong agents associated that could

cause birth defects this can be anything form substance
abuse to pesticides.

How is its diagnosed

The diagnosis for autism happens before the child is 3
years old, and can be carried out by health professional
that are trained to recognize sign’s and symptoms of an
autistic child. Autism has a strong genetic basis and can
not be linked to something in particular. But toxins in the
brain can be measured to rule this out. A key to the
diagnosis’s its in child hood catching the symptoms before
they get worse because children show some dysfunction
in development, examples are no babbling, no gesturing
no speech in 16 months these are all key points for the
health professional to pick up on the early signs of autism.

Signs and Symptoms

Not everyone with autism have the same spectrum so

treatment can vary between individual cases. Some have
behavioral issue include obsessive corpulence disorder,
depression anxiety hyperactive these symptoms are
common among people suffering with autism. The
common among children are: No speech, lack of eye
contact, preoccupations, and extreme dislike’s to sounds
foods lack of interest in toys and repetitive or passive
behavior.

Treatment

There is no current cure for autism, there are some

treatment with a verity of approaches related to there
autism spectrum some more server than others therapy’s
and intervention can help the person to understand there
autism to a certain degree but life long treatment is
needed.

Employment

The nature of autism can allow some people to work and

live independent lives depending on where they are
placed on the spectrum. The national autistic society is a
website, that can be accessd by people with autism for job
finding, CV and information on there particular spectrum.
On the website

http://www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1244
There are weekends away in Scotland for autistic people
to learn new skills and to work within a self facilitated
community. This will enable anyone with autism to build
self esteem.

Recreation

A person with autism done not mean they do not enjoy

most of the things someone without autism dose i.e.:
video games, football, playing in the park in-fact if not
more so. This will build self esteem and learning and can
changes a person having interactions with others. The
national autistic society is a website dedicated to people
on the spectrum and offers a wide range of activities even
a helpline.

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=161

There are many trips in the local area run by the

authorities for autistic people. Special precautions are
taken when planing such events as loud sounds and
flashing lights can affect some people on the spectrum so
going to a theme park could prove a challenge

Self-concept

For someone who has autism the way the view the world
as well as themselves can be quite different form a non
autistic person. There are many autistic people who go on
to become very successful and have a normal life but
there are many people who feel trapped in a loop and can
become depressed as a result of the autism because they
may not learn as quick as anyone else in the class the
chance of them going on to have a successful education
are quite slim. There self concept can be lowered as a
result of autism

Self-esteem

Building self esteem with children and adults with autism

can again depend on were there placed on the spectrum
“children with autism have a much harder time with there
self esteem”
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a constant reassurance is needed with autism this can be

provided in many different ways the author Karen. L
Simmons of the website.

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Found a unique way for building self esteem, “A dear

friend, also in the group, gave me a Teddy Bear we
appropriately named L.C.B., short for Lovable, Capable
and Beautiful. Some days I would hold that Teddy Bear for
dear life. To this day, I consider him my saviour. Finally,
after weeks of persistence with using the affirmation, I
began to believe that it had merit. Looking back, I now
realize how much that affirmation really did for me”
because the spectrum is so vast finding ways to build self
esteem with a person with autism can also be just as wide
spread but common among all people is that without
outside support the moral and self esteem is generally
quite low.

Confidence

In the uk today there are over 500’00 people with autism,

this spasic condition can be unique to the individual as the
autistic spectrum varies some people can have a normal
level of confidence but could easily become embarrassed
if a task is to hard for that person stress and anger can
quickly set in. if a care worker can see though this care
plans could be a good way to make that individual more
confident giving thanks and praise to the person after a
task has been complete really can help growth in the
reward part od the Brian this part of the brain can at birth
become changed because of the autism.

Client self-determination
as I said earlier the brain development in a person with
autism can be slowed down or even become stuck in a set
ways that why life long treatment is easy there is group
run buy the local mental heath team that organize trips
out and a day center for people to talk play games and
meet new people its important to keep in mind that it can
get hostile in this environment example if one person
thing the other is cheating on the game they would kick
up quite a fuss as the logical part of the brain can in some
case be stronger that the emotional part wont take
empathy to the other person and could result in a fight.
Procedures are set up in place to avoid this like cool off
room we they can talk about what happened. As the brain
development is slowed down determination in some cases
has to be set by the career worker small task giving praise
and rewards.

Normalization

Not everyone with autism have the Same spectrum so

treatment can varies between individual cases some have
behavioral issue include obsessive corpulence disorder,
depression anxiety hyperactive these symptom are
sensed to the individual and can be treated with
medication such as SSRI’S selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors to control the mood swings and depression
offten common with people who are on the greater end of
the autism spectrum

Older antipsychotic are also used as a from of regulation

to mood haloperidol may be affective in treating server
behavioral disordered

What is Amputation?

Amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures dating

to the 15th century. An amputation is the removal of one or
more limbs that could inhibit the physical activity of that
individual for mobility. People with amputation can do
most of the activities a non amputation person can just
some may need aid the use of a lift would be required if
the person was in a wheel chair or held a prostatic leg. An
amputation can take place for a number of reasons one of
the most common is circuitry disorders due to smoking,
bone infection and accident or in severe pain. The
impairment can take away one or more limbs after blood
and oxygen are cut off the rate is high for successful
operations. Being a amputees a life changing mobility

Causes

Thought my own research on the internet it is clear to me

that the cause of amputation are so vast that I would be to
much to list all of them I will pick three top ones they. this
physical impairment is life long and advance in new
technology has been so great in the past 10 years some
people who can life normal live with the loss of one or
more limbs.

Amputation in road traffic accident

and example of this is a person who is in a car crash has

to have a limb removed in order to save three lives’
although the trauma of this can be over whelming it can
be followed up with cycotherpy. But the individual is give a
prose tic leg

Amputation in a work place

The news always had something to say about people who

work with machinery and never received the proper
training or though someone else fault if a person turns on
the machine when some one is working on it. Recently in
barrow’s evening mail a man from glaxo was mending a
cog in one of the production line and someone had not
checked the sign book to see if anyone was on the floor.
He turned on the equipment this result in the engineer
loosing his hand.

Amputation though smoking

Smoking today has become on e of the most talked about

things we now live in a generation were health and well
being are promoted though the media, manly in the older
generation smoking has been promoted in the past and
has become a live long habit for some people, the
chemical within the cigarette cause blood clots round the
body manly in the heart and legs

How is its diagnosed

A correct diagnosis can be carried out buy your doctor, in

order for you to receive compensation or social well fair.
There is also a visual diagnosis were you can see the
person has lost a limb.

Signs and Symptoms

again the signs can me more visual of some people rather

then a mental sign although people who go though very
traumatic accidents or though smoking the adjusting to
the mental aspect of losing a limb cycotheapy can help
but time is a great healer and coming to terms with the
loss

Access

The NHS has lot of things in place to people who have

recently undergone an amputation. First would be access
to a good cycotherpist and counseling but also access to
leisure facilities. Swing or the gym education how easy is
it for you to access buildings ect mainstream education for
disabilities

Normalization

In the past 10 year there has been a major technological

advances in prostatic limbs we now have Olympic events
for people who fall into this category there was a famous
case of a 100 meter sprint being won by and amputee
against a non amputee so this show that there is so much
that can been done

Employment
Under the discrimination act 1997, it would be wrong for a
company to say that an amputee can not do certain roles
example working in a office using the telephone as long as
the person with loss of the limb has come to team with it
and recovered the coping methods are taken over in the
brain so you could gain new ways of how to archive a task
even typing can be successful

Recreation

Most people with amputee enjoy the things that anyone

else would reading a book watching tv food friends ect as
this dose not in all case affect the mind the brain will still
work in the same way we all need shelter food and
warmth the age old demands are set the same. The only
thing that would stop someone with amputee would be if
they have not got over the tumor medication anti
depressants like Selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
could help to stabiles the mood. Although the recommend
treatment is cycotherpy

Self-concept

There was a recent article in a news paper of a young

model who lost her hand in a car crash she was driving
back form a photo shoot. The case made big headline
because of her self concept before and after the accident
she now dose modeling for clothing for people with
amputees. although her case is quite high there are
sometime people self concept can become very low due to
the trauma suffered with an amputee a solider who has
lost a leg may feel they aren’t the same person anymore
and may need extensive treatment talking therapy and
drug treatment to help them get though this tough time
for this disability it all depends on how the person views
them self’s weather that is high or low
Self-esteem

Amputee after a loss of one limb will need close

monitoring as the individual will be in a venerable position
for depression quite common. A councilor should be set up
in place for someone to talk to and a range activity for the
person to redevelop there self esteem and learn coping
strategies things in the home mite have to change like
attaching an electric can opener as this could be a
problem for the person and could take them back to the
time they lost the limb. Boosting self esteem could come
form meeting other amputee and the family and friends
treating them as the were before

Confidence

In the local town hall they will know of group that are set
in place for people to meet this gives the person a sense
of there not on there own. And allows them to see other
amputee’s, confidence can come though overcoming
there disability it will give them a great sense of pride
about themselves allowing them to move on with there life
and do normal day to day activities.

Client self-determination

The way they have control over there own life’s writing of
instruction and lip reading someone who has recently
under gone an amputee mite suffer with confidence issue
or self determination, it can take along time to come to
terms with the loss of a limb for people who are born with
deformities they are used to being able to cope it can still
be hard but they have more determination and can often
counsel others who have lost a limb I ways to cope.
What is deafness?

Deafness can be defined a sensory impairment, spilt into

three categories mild moderate severe or profound people
suffering form deafness could be linked to having
problems with speech because of during childhood hearing
is key to learning speech. People can be trained to lip read
or use sign language it can be quite hard for
communication for the person

Causes

A cause can be very vast so in simple terms its any

disruption to any part of the hearing system can cause
blocked between he vibration sound and the transfer to
electrical system.

How is its diagnosed

A diagnosis can happen form child birth a check is made

for sight and sound so an early detection is key to have a
good outcome for the child before the stages of speech
development were hearing is mostly need. Progressive
deafness is a condition that can be monitored close my
ENT department to check for any infections and for
dengentive disordered

Signs and Symptoms

Most people who suffer form deafness will wear some sort
of hearing device i.e. a hearing aid this is a visual sign that
the person is rather one of the above category’s if they
are completely deaf then sign language can be used by
the person to commentate with people

Access

After research on the internet and in the local town I found

many deafness awareness societies they are organization
in place for people with problems for hearing. Even group
meeting were they can study sign language and talk to
other via this method there are also hearing loops set in
place they are special speakers that send a better
frequency

Normalization

Depending on the individual case there is a range of

normalization, hearing aids lip reading sign language are
the three biggest forms of communication and can if
implicate right the person leads a normal life there are
things that they would not be able to do.

Employment

The government has in place equal opportunities to work

scheme this mean that anyone with a disability is not
discriminated against if they are suitable for the job and
the type of work. In the NHS there is people working who
have deafness, they can do admin work and domestic
position most companies have procedures in place for
disabilities there should be a manager in charge for any
problems that may arise. But deafness should not make
you any less valued in a work place

Recreation

This part of someone’s life can be only be affect when

sound is involved so if you want to watch tv they have
subtitles if that person, but going for a family meal is fine
as long as that individual has communication strategies in
place like being able to lip read or a note pad and paper
for ordering food, sports should not be a problem only if
the a spint is started with a gun then the would have to
me amendments made. But there are many groups’ nation
wide for people with deafness for activate weekends away
hill walking and abseiling

Self-concept
For many people they would like to have the ability to
hear and live without the disability but for people who
have come to terms with there disability they find ways to
overcome it. There self concept is to live as noraml as
posible the government make sure that people with
deafness are just as valued as people who do not suffer
with the disability

Self-esteem

After researching on the internet I found many website

that offer contact with other people suffering with
deafness. This is in order to boost self esteem and get
people interacting between each other for advice to
friendship to stories about people who don’t understand
deafness. Self esteem is something that is worked at and
can be seen though the eyes of others

Confidence

A person with deafness brains work the same as someone

without so the basic forms to build confidence are there it
just may need people to understand that some task could
be difficulty the way it would affect a person confidence is
they are embarrassed about there disability and other
show ignorance it could have an affect on the person well
being this is why deaf awaness week and thing like this
are put in place

Client self-determination

For someone to succeed needs determination, maybe a

traumatic event could put someone off trying a new thing
because of there disability, because deafness dose not
affect someone brain capacity understanding new skills is
not a problem unless it is though the means of noise this
Is were the person will smuggle. There are many website
devoted to the deafness awareness society it makes
people meet and talk to each other maybe though sign
language or writing but it allows the person to develop
themselves into what they want to be. The company’s
help on every level even to things like finding a job to new
advances in hearing technolog.

Bibograpy

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