July 17th, 2019 Things Fall Apart by: Chinua Achebe

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Directions: Answer using complete sentences! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: What are Mental Disabilities?

Level#1

Mental disabilities are conditions that interfere with a person’s ability to think, learn, or speak. Mentally disabled people can be healthy people. They are not mentally ill. Mental disabilities are caused by birth defects. For example, a person may be born mentally retarded. People with mental retardation have a limited ability to learn.

1. What are mental disabilities caused by?

2. What is an example of a mental disability?

3. How does mental retardation affect a person?

Level#2

Mental disabilities are conditions that interfere with a person’s ability to think, learn, or speak. Mentally disabled people can be healthy people. They are not mentally ill. Mental disabilities are caused by birth defects. For example, a person may be born mentally retarded. People with mental retardation have a limited ability to learn. Illness or injury can also cause mental disabilities. Strokes or severe head injuries can leave a victim completely paralyzed, unable to speak, think, or learn. Strokes, for example, occur when a blood clot prevents blood from reaching the brain. When that happens, the part of the brain that did not receive enough blood is damaged.

1. How does mental retardation affect a person, and what are other causes of mental disabilities?






2. How does a stroke or severe head injury affect a person?







3. What causes a stroke to happen, and what happens to the brain as a result of a stroke?










Level#3

Mental disabilities are conditions that interfere with a person’s ability to think, learn, or speak. Mentally disabled people can be healthy people. They are not mentally ill. Mental disabilities are caused by birth defects. For example, a person may be born mentally retarded. People with mental retardation have a limited ability to learn. Illness or injury can also cause mental disabilities. Strokes or severe head injuries can leave a victim completely paralyzed, unable to speak, think, or learn. Strokes, for example, occur when a blood clot prevents blood from reaching the brain. When that happens, the part of the brain that did not receive enough blood is damaged. Another illness that affects the brain is Alzheimer’s disease. This disease strikes older people, causing them to become forgetful. Alzheimer’s disease weakens and kills brain cells. Over time, the person loses his or her mental powers of reasoning and becomes confused. There is no cure yet for Alzheimer’s.

1. Explain what Alzheimer's disease is, who it affects, and how it affects their memory.

2. Explain how Alzheimer's disease affects a person's brain.

3. Explain what happens to a person who has Alzheimer's disease.

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