Exceptional Student Education

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Physical Disabilities
Maria Beyra Yli Mayor Cristal Beron-Locke

• Exceptional Student Education
• Nova Southeastern Elementary

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VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
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DEFINITION

• Legal A person legally blind has visual acuity
  of 20/200 or less in the better eye even with
  correction.
• Persons partially sighted have visual acuity
  between 20/70 and 20/200 in better eye with
  correction.

• Educational Stresses the method
  of reading instruction. Individuals who are blind
  are so severely impaired they must learn to read
  Braille or use aural methods.

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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EYE
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NORMAL VISION
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MEASUREMENT

• Visual acuity -Measured with the Snellen chart.
• Visual field

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Signs of Possible Eye Troubles in Children

• Behavior
• Appearance
• Complaints

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Serious Impairments

• Glaucoma
• Cataracts
• Diabetic Retinopathy

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Normal Vision
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Glaucoma
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Cataracts
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Diabetic Retinopathy
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Educational Considerations

• Braille
• Use of Remaining Sight
• Listening Skills
• Mobility Training.

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Braille Alphabet
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Other Braille Devices
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Muscular Dystrophy
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Definition

• Genetic Disorder

• Results in the weakening and wasting of the
  voluntary muscles.

• 70 is Inherited

• 30 of the cases show no family history.

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Inheritance
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Types of MD

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

• Becker Muscular Dystrophy

• Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

• Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

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Easing Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms

• Moderate Exercise

• Physical Therapy

• Rehabilitative Devises

• Respiratory Care

• Medications

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Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)
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Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)

• Charcot Marie Tooth Syndrome
• 1886
• Collection of diseases

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Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)

• Most Common
• 150,000 Americans.
• All Races and Ethnic Groups

Charcot (left) Babinski at the Salpêtrière
clinic.
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Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)

• Lower extremities

• Gene is defected

• Messages not getting through

• Muscle atrophies

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Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)

• Normal Nerve

• Damaged Nerve

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Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)
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Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)