This model rejects the long-established idea that obstacles to the participation of disabled people arise primarily from their impairment and focuses instead on environmental barriers. These include:
Prevailing attitudes and preconceptions, leading to underestimation;
The policies, practices, and procedures of a local and national government;
The structure of health, welfare and education systems;
Lack of access to buildings, transport and to the whole range of community resources available to the rest of the population;
The impact of poverty and deprivation on the community as a whole and more specifically on persons with disabilities and their families.
**The picture below captures the cardinal point of the Social Construction Model of Disability**
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder is a condition in which children develop typically through age 3 or 4, then over a few months or suddenly the child lose the language, motor, social, and other skills they already learned or acquired (i.e Disintegration ) it’s also called Heller’s Syndrome and or Disintegrative Psychosis. It begins later in life than autism.
Causes The causes of this disintegration are unknown, but it has linked to brain and nervous system problems A child who is affected loses *Communication skills * Nonverbal behavior * Skills they had already learned
The condition is similar to Autistic disorder but in the following ways…
The development follows the normal course until children reach 3 or 4 years or it begins later in life than autism. The regression is more severe than autism. Seizures are more frequent than autism.
As we join the World to mark this special day set aside to celebrate the World Down syndrome with the theme for 2020: “we decide”. Here is to remind you that have down syndrome is no less of a human and you can be whoever you dream to be.
To family, friends, and society at large, this is a reminder that those living with down syndrome need your support and should never be discriminated against.
