Type 1 is the most severe form. Children with type 1 Usher syndrome are born deaf at birth and have major balance problems. Children with type 1 Usher syndrome usually lose their vision by age 10. Type 2 Usher syndrome characteristics include moderate to severe hearing loss at birth but normal balance. Depending on the severity of hearing loss most children with type 2 can benefit from hearing aids and communicate verbally.
INF420H: Human Computer Interaction Assignment 2 Question 1 In designing for children, people tend to assume that kids are creative, intelligent, and capable of great things if they are given good tools and support. However, they may be at a disadvantage, because they no longer remember the physical and cognitive differences of being a child. (Bruckman & Bandlow, 2002) Lazar, 2007, lists 3 aspects of children’s behavior that differentiate them from adult users both physically and cognitively. These 3 aspects of a child’s behavior or development that are overlooked by designers are: 1) Children’s information processing and motor skills, specifically relating to their difficulties selecting small targets with a mouse. 2) Children’s searching and browsing skills largely due to the fact that they have difficulty with spelling, typing, navigating and composing queries.
Children who are slow learners are not learning-disabled. In general, they want to learn but lack the ability to process information well. Often, children will be considered slow learners in one subject but not in others; a child who excels at language arts, for instance, may have difficulty in mathematics. Specific techniques can help the slow-learning child with mathematics: Slow learners need more time to understand and figure out how to use basic concepts. They may require more thorough revision and review for the basic concepts to make sense to them.
This skills are use do organise, sequence, sort, relate, differentiate and many other processes. With these skills children learn to plan and understand the world as well as other people in their life. Deficiency of Theory of Mind would cause for a child to have a small depth of other people’s mind. This is also referred to, as mind-blindness. This proposes that children have a very difficult time to see things from other person’s point of view.
“Retard, Dangerous, Seizures, Speechless and Incapable of Love”, there’s more to Autism than cruel, false stereotypes. Did you know that some children diagnosed with Autism are equally capable as any other child of being verbal, bright, energetic, and just as normal as you and I? My younger brother has a mental disability called Fragile X and even though he does not have the physical characteristics most people associate with Autism and Down Syndrome, he does face challenges everyday due to stereotypes that make others believe he is incapable of doing daily tasks that we all take for granted. You may believe you understand Autism, due to the fact that you know what it “looks like”, but you do not. Autism does not have to affect physical characteristics.
Language is linked to the development of literacy. Children who have poor speech will find it difficult to understand the link between sounds and letter shapes so reading could be delayed. Writing will also be affected. Finding ways to help the child communicate will help their self esteem and help prevent them from antisocial behaviours. If it’s listening or talking, some children and young people find it very difficult to communicate.
In middle childhood children have already developed a set of language skills. They have the ability to use correct vocabulary during a conversation, effectively use language for different purposes such as school or a conversation with friends. They can also restate ideas and have the capability to speak in front of their classmates when giving presentations with confidence. Physical development in early childhood and middle childhood is extremely different. In early childhood children have an abundance of energy that they have a hard time controlling.
‘In addition to brain-damaged individuals who have lost their language ability, there are children without brain legions who nevertheless have difficulties in acquiring language or are much slower than the average child. They show no other cognitive deficits, they are not autistic or retarded, and they have no perceptual problems. Such children are suffering from specific language impairment (SLI).’ (Fromkin, 2003.) Many children with specific language impairment are late talkers, although not all children who begin to talk late have an impairment. The late talking is usually a sign of a language learning disorder of some sort.
Fortunately CP does not get worse over time. The number of cases per population is about 2 per 1000 live births, and is known to be more likely in males than in females. The word Cerebral refers to the cerebrum that is the affected area of the brain and Palsy means movement. There are many different possible causes that may result in Cerebral Palsy. This disorder is caused by damage to the motor control centers of the developing brain during pregnancy, childbirth or after while the child is a toddler from the ages of 3 to 5.
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disorder that effects many children during early childhood development. It impairs a child’s social and motor skills. Children with Autism do not usually acknowledge others and instead remain in their own world. In an effort to help parents interact better with their autistic child a research study was done linking child imitation to developing social skills in autistic children. An early sign of ASD is the lack of development of nonverbal joint attention skills which refers to socially sharing attention with others for an object or event.