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Jasmine Is a 9-Year-Old Whose IQ Is Lower Than That

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Jasmine is a 9-year-old whose IQ is lower than that of her peers. She also produces incoherent speech and demonstrates grammatical difficulties as well. In addition, she has trouble generating certain facial gestures and humming a jingle. Her younger sister is learning language normally and appears to have no other deficits. Identify the most likely explanation for Jasmine's condition and why you arrived at your answer.


Definitions:

Persistent Vegetative State

Cortical death when the person appears awake but is not aware, due to permanent loss of all activity in the cortex.

Legally Recognized

Having formal acknowledgment or validation under the law or by authoritative bodies, conferring certain rights or statuses.

Grieving Adolescent

An adolescent experiencing the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social responses to the loss of a loved one or significant life change.

Friends

Individuals with whom one shares a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.

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