Assignment:
Locate an article on either a child or adolescent with a physical disability (brain or motor). Alternatively, you could also interview someone you know who is a parent of a child or adolescent with a physical disability. From your reading and/or discussions, explain what aspects of development are connected with the disability. Additionally, answer at least 2 of the following questions in your posting:
- How does the physical disability affect overall brain or motor development?
- How does the physical disability affect the family?
- How old was the person when the physical disability was diagnosed? Explain what differences might have occurred in the person's development if the disability would have been found earlier.
- Is the cause known for the disability? If it is, what is it? If it is, what treatment or interventions, if any, might have prevented the disability?