May 25,2021
On my last article, I shared the different forms of Intelligence. Indeed we have many difference especially in our abilities. So for todays Article, I will be sharing with you guys my thoughts about PEOPLE WITH EXCEPTIONALITY.
One significant factor that highlights individual differences and diversity in the community is the presence of exceptionalities. We commonly refer people with exceptionalities as persons who are different in some way from the "normal" or "average. The term "exceptional" includes those with special needs related to cognitive abilities, behavior, social functioning, physical and sensory impairments, emotional disturbances, and giftedness. Most of these require a lot of understanding and patience as well special education and related services if they are to reach their full potential of development. And people as we, we always care to those people who experiencing like this, especially if it is our family member. Hindi po dapat natin sila itakwil since hindi din naman nila gusto yung situation nila.
Terminology
DISABILITY
Is a measurable impairment or limitation that "interferes with a person's ability, for example, to walk, lift., hear, or learn. t may refer to a physical, sensory, or mental condition.
HANDICAP
Handicap is different from disability. Malaki po ang pinagkaiba nila. Ang handicap po ay isang disadvantage that occurs as a result of a disability or impairment. The degree of disadvantage ( or the extent of the handicap) is often dependent on the adjustment made by both the person and his environment.
Therefore, the extent to which a disability handicaps and individual can vary greatly. Two person may have the same disability but not the same degree of being handicapped. For example, Mayroon pong dalawang tao na mayroon pong problema in communicating with other people. But yung isa is marunong gumamit ng sign language which can help na madeliver nya ang message na gusto nya to communicate other people while yung isa, is hindi. So doon po nagkakaroon ng pagkaiba sa dalawa at yun yung tinatawag na handicap. The first individual would not have as much handicap as the second one.
Let me share you my experience since my grandmother, the mother of my mother, is a deaf-mute person. She could not talk nor hear us so we only do sign language to communicate. Although she did not learn the sign languages that is taught in school. Lola has her own. So at my 19th years na kasama siya so alam ko na talaga how to communicate with her. For your information, I am her Favorite Child lol, since I am the only boy and the youngest child. Every time na ala pa ako sa hapag kainin, kung oras na kumain, palagi nya talaga akong sinasabihan at kukulitin talaga ako nyan lol. I know the feeling of having impairment, so every time nakakakita ako ng person with disability I always respect them like what I always do to my lola because I despite of having disability they still know how to take care people they love.
As for students like me, we have what we called
COGNITIVE AND ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES
LEARNING DISABILITIES
Involve difficulties in specific cOgnitive process lke perception, language, memory, or meta cognitive that are not due to other disabilities like mental retardation, emotional or behavioral disorders, or sensory impairments.
Examples of learning disabilities include:
Dyslexia - Reading Disability
Dyscalculia - Slow in Number operations
Dysgraphia - Writing Disability
ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVE DISORDER
ADHD is manifested in either or both of these
✓Difficulty in focusing and maintaining attention and,
✓ Recurrent hyperactive and impulsive behavior.
SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
These are the students having difficulties in spoken language including
-Voice disorders
- Inability to produce the sounds correctly
- Stuttering
-Difficulty in spoken language comprehension
In which these difficulties significantly hamper their classroom performance.
AUTISM
A condition manifested by different levels of impaired social interaction and autism usually have an intense need tor routine and a predictable environment.
MENTAL RETARDATION
Refers to significant sub-average intelligence and deficits in adaptive behavior. There is difficulty in managing activities of daily living in conducting themselves appropriately in social situations.
EMOTIONAL CONDUCT DISORDERS
The presence of emotional states like depression and aggression over a consideration amount of time that they notably disturb learning and performance in school.
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS
This involves physical or medical conditions (usually long-term) including one or more of these:
1. Limited energy and strength
2. Reduced mental alertness, and/or
3. Little muscle control.
SEVERE AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
Refers to the presence of two or more different types of disabilities, at timesat a profound level the combination of dissability makes it necessary to make specific adaptations and have more specialized educational programs.
SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
These are conditions when there is malfunction of the eyes or optic nervesthat prevent normal vision even with corrective lenses
HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
Involves malfunction of the ear or auditory nerves that hinder perception ofsounds within the frequency range ot normal speech.
GIFTEDNESS
This involves a significantly high level of cognitive development. There is unusually high ability or aptitude in one or more of these aspects: intellectual ability aptitude in academic subjects, creative visual or performance arts or leadership.
Those are the Disabilities that other people are experiencing right now. So if ever you have it in your family, your cousin, your friends. Give them a hug. Show them that they are still important and you are proud with them. Show them the love na makakapawala ng pag isip nila sa kanilang disability. Show them the love you give to other people na walang disability. I am sure ,that they will be happy with that. Always show respect to them.
