S.C. was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in June 2015. She was about to turn 22, and had already faced several medical issues including GERD, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can affect people in different ways, and in S.C.'s case, she experiences symptoms including weakness in her hands, as well as poor balance and coordination. She is now in law school, and was diagnosed during her first year. S.C. avoids telling her professors about her diagnosis, even though she struggles hand writing her numerous assignments because she does not want to be treated differently. S.C. enjoys horseback riding, and even volunteers with hippo-therapy three times a week. I think S.C. could benefit from OT because she can be taught new ways to prevent fatigue and even use adaptive equipment to help her with horseback riding or writing her papers. Her story is very inspiring because she has not let her diagnosis keep her from achieving her dreams.
Pat Summitt is well-known for being an exceptional basketball coach for the Lady Vols at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, as well as being a coach for the women's USA olympic team. In 2010, Pat began showing subtle signs of dementia, but she ignored the signs for another year. In 2011, she was diagnosed at age 59 with early-onset dementia. She went to Mayo Clinic when she began experiencing symptoms including showing up to a game while leaving her car running and calling the wrong terms during the game. She also reported signs such as feeling disoriented when waking up in the morning. She reported that numbers were especially difficult to understand and deal with at this point. After her diagnosis, Pat was determined to continue coaching at UTK; however, after about a year she was encouraged to retire from her position as head coach. She then started the Pat Summitt Foundation to raise money and awareness for research about early-onset dementia. During the middle stages of de...
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