Cognitive Disabilities

Summary

This article discusses and describes the different types of cognitive disabilities, and also lists the types of difficulties people with cognitive disabilities face.

Cognitive Disabilities

Cognitive disabilities are disabilities that impact a person's ability to access, process and remember information. Cognitive disabilities generally occur at birth and affect the mental processes. When you find out that your child has a cognitive disability, the news can be devastating. A cognitive disability cannot only psychologically affect your child, but it can be financially and emotionally overwhelming for you. In some cases, doctors have misdiagnosed a cognitive disability, leaving the child and family to suffer the repercussions. In the Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale and Phoenix area there have been many cases where the families of children with cognitive disabilities were misdiagnosed or mistreated by their physicians. If you suspect negligence from the part of your doctor, then contacting an Arizona personal injury lawyer is your best option for compensation.

Types of Cognitive Disabilities

• Mental retardation - typically diagnosed before the age of 18, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors.
• Dyslexia - a reading disability that results in the inability to process graphic symbols.
• Brain injury
• Language delay - a failure to develop language abilities on the usual developmental timetable.
• Aphasia - can affect your ability to express and understand language, it typically occurs suddenly after a head injury or stroke.
• Learning disabilities - problems that affect the brains ability to receive, process, understand, analyze, or store information.
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - typically characterized by lack of concentration, impulsiveness and emotional instability.

Individuals with cognitive disabilities tend to have a variety of problems involving different types of learning processes. Some examples of the types of difficulties your child may have include:

Types of difficulties

• Memory
• Problem solving
• Attention
• Reading, linguistic, and verbal comprehension
• Visual comprehension
• Math comprehension

Not only can your child struggle with these types of difficulties, but also it may affect how they interact with other children and it could even make your child vulnerable to teasing and bullying from their peers. It can be heartbreaking to watch a child struggle through a cognitive disability and it could be a struggle they will have to face throughout their life.

Contact an Arizona personal Injury Attorney

When your child is diagnosed with a cognitive disability, it can be extremely difficult to know what steps to take to help them. Costly medical bills, therapy, and medications can all be overwhelming especially when you do not prepare for them. A doctor has the obligation to run the tests and to be aware of every possible risk. If the doctor fails to diagnose your child properly, then you should not have to face the repercussions. Contacting an Arizona personal injury attorney is the first step in receiving the compensation you deserve if you suspect medical malpractice. For more information: www.solomonrelihan.com