Neurological Impaiment ~ Dallan

Neurological Impairment

~This has to do primarily with the central nervous system: brain and spinal cord.

~Those who suffer with this disorder may experience speech problems, motor skills, vision, memory, muscle actions, and learning abilities.

Neurological impairments are categorized into three major types:

1. Childhood Aphasia that causes speech and language problems

2. Minimal Brain Dysfunction that affects learning and behavioral abilities

3. Learning Disability that affects understanding or the ability to process

language.

Examples of Neurological Impairment's include: cerebral palsy, epilepsy, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Tourette’s Syndrome.

Cerebral Palsy

~A group of disorders involving movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking that occur due to problems with brain development.

~Symptoms are usually seen before the age of 2.

~ Symptoms may include: Abnormal movements,Abnormal sensations, Abnormal muscle tone, Decreased intelligence, Difficulty sucking or feeding in infants, Hearing problems, Increased drooling, Irregular breathing, Learning disabilities, Limited range of motion, Pain Partial or full loss of movement (paralysis), Peg teeth Problems swallowing (at all ages), Seizures, Speech problems (dysarthria), Urinary incontinence, Vision problems, Vomiting or constipation

~Treatment: There is no known cure for cerebral palsy

Epilepsy

~A brain disorder involving repeated, spontaneous seizures of any type.

~Symptoms are: continuous starring, loss of consciousness, violent convulsions

~Treatment: There is only treatment for seizures. Medication can help prevent future seizures.

Mutliple Sclerosis

~A disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).

~Smptoms are:

Muscle symptoms:
Loss of balance , Numbness or abnormal sensation in any area, Pain because of muscle spasms, Pain in the arms or legs, Problems moving arms or legs, Problems walking,Problems with coordination and making small movements, Slurred or difficult-to-understand speech, Tremor in one or more arms or legs, Uncontrollable spasm of muscle groups (muscle spasticity), Weakness in one or more arms or legs

Eye symptoms:

Double vision, Eye discomfort, Uncontrollable rapid eye movements, Vision loss

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