Dicionário do módulo da Transição para a idade adulta


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A

Adolescence

the mental maturity process after puberty

Ambivalence

Ambivalence (Latin ambo = "both" and valere = "valid") denotes a state of psychic disunity. 
At the same time, contradictory desires, feelings and thoughts coexist in one person and lead to internal tensions

Autism

According to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), autism is considered a "profound developmental disorder" (F84).
This is based on a lifelong complex disorder of the central nervous system - especially in the field of perception processing - which begins as early as childhood. At its center is a serious relationship and communication disorder.
The effects of the disorder interfere in many ways with relationships with the environment, participation in community life, and the ability to integrate into society as both cognitive and linguistic, motor, emotional, and interactional functions are affected.
In addition, there are numerous behavioral problems that can be very stressful especially for caregivers in everyday dealings with the autistic people.

Autonomy

Autonomy (ancient Greek αὐτονομία autonomía 'autonomy', 'autonomy', αὐτός autós, self 'and νόμος nómos' law') refers to the state of self-determination, independence (sovereignty), self-government or freedom of choice. Its opposite is heteronomy.

C

cognitive

concerning perception, thinking, cognition

compementary

Complementary (from French complémentaire "supplementary") stands for:
    opposing but complementary properties of an object or fact, see complementarity

D

Discrepancy

Inconsistency, mismatch between two things

Dispotition

Disposition (from lat .: dispositio = "division", "assignment", "arrangement", "administration", "disposition" [dispositio omnipotens], "fate" [fateful], "line-up", "outline", "plan" ) stands for:

    the predisposition or susceptibility of an organism to certain diseases, see disposition (medicine)

Down syndrome

Down syndrome is a congenital combination of various mental disorders and physical 
malformations of widespread symptoms caused by a gene mutation
(chromosome aberration / polyploidy) in which the entire 21st chromosome or parts thereof
are present in triplicate (trisomy). This chromosome anomaly is referred to as trisomy 21.

With increasing age of the mother (especially from the 35th year of age) increases the risk
of a trisomy 21 of the child.

E

egocentric

considering one's own person as the center of all happenings; 
judging everything in relation to one's own person and showing a corresponding attitude


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