Terms

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

Movement out to the sides - away from the middle of the body.

Question 2

Aberrant Behaviour

Answer 2

Behaviour that deviates markedly from what’s considered typical.

Question 3

Acclimatization

Answer 3

Introduction of variety of sensory stimuli with the goal expanding a persons preference.

Question 4

Acute Back Pain

Answer 4

Back pain that has rapid onset, severe symptoms, and is short in duration.

Question 5

Adduction

Answer 5

Movement towards the middle of the body.

Question 6

ADP

Answer 6

Adaptive Device Program- Ontario program designed to subsidize the acquisition of adaptive equipment.

Question 7

Age Appropriateness

Answer 7

Belief that person with developmental disabilities should be treated in accordance with their chronological age.

Question 8

Aggression

Answer 8

Physical and verbal hostility directed towards others.

Question 9

Aggression Stage

Answer 9

Crisis intervention stage which the person become verbally destructive and belligerent.

Question 10

Agitation Stage

Answer 10

A crisis intervention stage marked by a noticeable change is the persons behaviour.

Question 11

Alignment

Answer 11

Arranging or positioning the body in a straight line with the shoulders, hips, knead and ankles directly above one another.

Question 12

Ambulation

Answer 12

The act of walking.

Question 13

Antecedent

Answer 13

A preceding event, condition or cause.

Question 14

Anterior

Answer 14

Toward the front of the body.

Question 15

Aerophagia

Answer 15

Self injurious behaviour which involves the excessive swallowing of air.

Question 16

Arthritis

Answer 16

Inflammation of the joints.

Question 17

Aspiration

Answer 17

Taking food, liquid or any other foreign substance into the lungs

Question 18

Astronaut Syndrome

Answer 18

Morning backache caused by fluid filled discs.

Question 19

Asymmetry

Answer 19

Difference between two sides of the body.

Ex: the relative position or muscle tone.

Question 20

Ataxia

Answer 20

Irregularity of muscle action and inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movement.
Ex: wide base, staggering gait.

Question 21

Athetosis

Answer 21

Repeated involuntary movements that are purposeless but are often associated with deliberate movement.

Question 22

ATNR

Answer 22

Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex - an automatic act in which turning the head sideways caused extension of the arm and leg on the side of the body in which face is turned and flexion of the arm and leg on the opposite side of the body.

Question 23

Atrophy

Answer 23

A wasting away or reduction in the size of a cell, tissue muscle, organ or body part.

Question 24

Aversive Intervention

Answer 24

Treatment method pairing a noxious stimulant with an undesirable behaviour in an effort to decrease the frequency of the behaviour.