Essays on Children With Disabilities

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a psychological disorder that is present in both children and adults. While adults can also have ASD, the onset of the disorder usually comes in about the first 3 years of the person’s life (Rodrigues, Goncalves, Costa & Soares 2013)….

The film Taare Zameen Par by Amir Khan, inspired me to look into learning disabilities in children that may easily get passed off as them just misbehaving and choosing not to listen. In this film, the main character Ishaan is an 8 year old boy…

This essay will explore if it is ethically permissible to enable prospective parents to utilize selective reproductive technology (SRT) to test, screen for and prevent having a disabled child. SRT includes pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, prenatal screening and testing accompanied by selective termination, used “in a…