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PRAXIS 053/Causes

Causation of Exceptionalitites

QuestionAnswer
Autism Not a specific known cause, but may be related to neurobiological conditions, abnormal brain development, genetics, multiple biological causes, and environmental factors.
Visual Impairment Damages or changes in the optical, muscular, or nerve system, which may be related to diseases, trauma, malnutrition, or genetics.
Emotional Disturbance/Behavioral Disorder Two major areas may contribute to these disorders: biological factors (brain disorders, genetics, temperament) and environmental factors (home, community, school).
Traumatic Brain Injury Primarily related to illness, disease, trauma, accident, or injury.
Hearing Impairment Many causes, but the more common are genetic factors, illness, prematurity, disease, noise-induced.
Gifted/Talented Genetics and environment.
Mental Retardation Causes classified as either biomedical, environmental, or unknown and that result from factors that occur in one of three stages: prenatal, perinatal, or postnatal.
Speech/Language Impairment Many possible causes, most likely attributed to damage or dysfunction of a specific part of the body, environmental factors, cognitive impairments, hearing loss, brain injury, or disease.
Orthopedic Impairment Primarily related to illness, disease, trauma, accident, or injury.
Other Health Impairment Primarily related to illness, disease, trauma, accident, or injury.
Specific Learning Disability Cause is often unknown; however, the four most prevalent known causes are brain damage, heredity, biochemical imbalance, and environmental.
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