Taylor is a 3-year-old student with a diagnosis of status post hemispherectomy that is secondary to seizure disorder. He wears a wrist-thumb orthosis on his left hand and an ankle-foot orthosis on his left foot. Upon arrival to his therapy session, you notice that Taylor is not wearing his wrist splint, and he is dragging his foot sideways as he walks into the therapy clinic. What do you suspect?
A)Taylor is lazy, so he is dragging his foot.
B)Taylor has left-side neglect and is dragging his foot because he does not realize it is there.
C)Taylor is not making progress during his physical therapy sessions, so he is dragging his foot.
D)Taylor is dragging his foot because he is not wearing his ankle foot orthosis.

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Taylor is dragging his foot because he is not wearing his ankle foot orthosis. The ankle foot orthosis places the foot in alignment for ambulation. If Taylor's foot is not in alignment and he is not wearing his wrist-thumb orthosis, you would suspect that he is also not wearing his ankle foot orthosis.

Taylor Is a 3-Year-Old Student with a Diagnosis of Status