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Spina Bifid Research Paper

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According to “Deseret News National”, The ten (10) common disabilities American children have are; Autism, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Epilepsy, Spina bifida, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Intellectual disability, Depression. There are other disabilities such as neurological, genetic, chromosomal abnormality, developmental, metabolic, childhood, brain, delays, disorder/ disability, traumatic brain injury, birth defects, Auditory Processing, Visual Impairment, Emotional/Behavior Disorders. “The most common developmental disorder is mental retardation” (L. Straus). According to the CDC, more than one out of every 100 school children in the United States has been diagnosed with some form of mental …show more content…

The guidelines say find something that is new to you, and not to use Autism, ADHD, Downs Syndrome. Even though I have not researched or studied Spina Bifida, I am a little familiar with it, so I will research a topic that I can open my own mind to and be more diverse to multiple different cases and scenarios of childhood disabilities. The research disability of my choice will be …show more content…

after one seizure if there is a high risk of having another seizure.Seizures and epilepsy are not the same. Epilepsy is a disease, rather than a disorder “An epileptic seizure is a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain” (ILAE). According to mayoclinic.org; Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder/ neurological disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain becomes disrupted, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations and sometimes loss of consciousness. A single seizure doesn 't mean you have epilepsy. At least two unprovoked seizures are generally required for an epilepsy

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