ICPNA

PORTFOLIO
UNIT 1
 estimate
compensate
interaction
retain
sum

savant
anxious

flexible benefit

disabled

predictable
image
D can multiply 377 x 795 in his head. x
The thought of a mathematical problema with no solution makes Daniel
uncomfortable.
x
D doesn’t go to the beach beccause there are too many pebbles to cunt x

Daniel speaks seven languages. x

D is able to read a lot of books. x
D can easily remenber key dates in history x
D recall Pi to 22,514 decimal points
x
D feels uncomfortable in the supermarket.
x
It is hard for Daniel to socialize with anyone outside his family x
D has trouble making eyes contact x
D always has to brush his teeth before he showers x
D must drink his tea at exactly the same time every day x
 PREDICTION PREDICT PREDICTABLY
ESTIMATION ESTIMATE
SUM
ANXIETY ANXIOUSLY

FLEXIBILITY FLEX FLEXIBLY

INTERACT INTERACTIVE INTERACTIVELY
TRANSFORMABLE
TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMID
TRANSFORMATIVE

RETAINMENT RETAINABLE
BENEFIT BENEFICIAL
DISABILITY DISABLE
EXPERT EXPERTY
EXPERT
ASSIMILATION ASSIMILATEA
EMERGENCE EMERGE
PERSISTENCE PERSIST PERSISTENTLY
COMPENSATION
 TRANSFORMATIVE

FLEXIBILITY

PREDICATABLE

PERSIST

EXPERTISE

AXIETY

ESTIMATE

COMPENSATION
INTERACTION
EMERGE
. Many people who suffer from ASD are not Many people who suffer from
ASD are not flexible

According to Gladwell it requires at least According to Gladwell it requires at least

10,000 hours to 10,000 hours to transform talent into expertise.
transform talent into expertise

A lack of structure can make Daniel Tamett A lack of structure can make Daniel Tamett
anxious.
 Social interaction is difficult for many people Social interaction
is difficult for many people with ASD

Scans of the brains of autistic savants suggest the right hemisphere might compensate
for damage to the left.

Autistic savants can usually retain large amounts of information without a problem.

Daniel Tamett memorized pi to 22,514 decimal places to show people that,

although he technically has a disability, it doesn’t stop him from being successful .
 HAS GOT TO

MUST NOT MUST

MIGHT

SHOULD

IS ABLE TO

OUGHT TO

SHOULD NOT
 OUGHT TO

HAVE TO

CAN’T

MUST
WRITING 2
I consider myself a resilience woman because I have to overcome differents
situations

1. I experienced psychological abuse al school

a. I ignored the comments or words of others classmates
b. I took it all as a joke
2. I suffered from anxiety in my teens
a. I went to the psychologist
b. I had to experience grief with the death of my grandfather
c. I was admitted to a psychiatric
3. Continuing in college and changing majors was an uncertain situation.
a. I received financial and emotional help from my parents
b. I found a part time job
c. I finished my degree
UNIT 3
risk factor
impact

potencial

environment

interaction

aspects
consensus
advocate
interpreting
reliable
linked

revolutionized
 revolutionize
advocates
potential
risk factors

impact

skeptical
reliable

consult

linked environment
 S
D D
interaction D S
D D
consensus S S
S S
D S
S

impact
alternative

conventional
interpret
 treatment

disagreement

alternative

elicit

diagnosis
If Kristen Powers hadn’t always wanted all the information
available, she wouldn’t have chosen to be genetically tested.

If Norman Cousins hadn’t read The Stress of Life by Hans Seyle,

he wouldn’t have had some ideas about the mind-body connection when he was diagnosed
with ankylosing spondylitis.

If Norman Cousins hadn’t been sick, He wouldn’t have tried to cure

himself by using Laughter Therapy.

If David Agus hadn’t had a genetic test, he wouldn’t have found out
that he was at risk for cardiovascular disease.