Essays on Children with Disabilities

Over the past years, human beings have encountered various life experiences that can drastically affect the people’s life. One of the major discussed life experiences that are faced by the human being is trauma. As such, trauma is a condition whereby people experiences both mental...

A traumatic brain injury is separated into two categories: primary and secondary. A primary brain injury is a direct and immediate result of a traumatic event. Examples of a primary brain injury include direct trauma to the brain, subarachnoid hemorrhage (type of stroke), epidural hematoma...

Traumatic Brain Injury also referred to as TBI is by definition a form of acquired brain injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. TBI can be the result of when the head violently hits an object, or when an object is...

The term ‘Special Education’ is the main focus in Educational policies of India for the past few decades. Different steps are taken for the upliftment of ‘Differently Abled’ children during these years. Earlier special schools, then Integrated Education, and very recently their educational needs are...

Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21. This extra genetic material is the cause of the developmental changes and physical features associated with DS. There are 3 different types...

This paper focuses on Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Autism in children. The symptoms, causes, risks, and treatments for each of those are discussed. These disorders have to do with brain development in children and are typically discovered and diagnosed at a young...

The Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children (EIPIC) center that I am currently working in serves children with a range of disabilities. For the past two years, I have been working with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ranging from low support needs...