...This model looks at ways of removing barriers that may stop individuals from living the life they wish to live. When these barriers are removed, it is them possible for individuals with disabilities to be independent and equal in society allowing them to choose and control what happens in their life. The attitudes and stereotypes shown by others in society towards those with a disability are seen to disable people from having equal opportunities to be party of society. Society today often having little expectation and little hope for those with a disability, presuming the can't do something because of their disability, which is what may be the cause of those with a disability not leading a fulfilling life (Disabled World,...
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...Act involves principles for people with a disability and for the disability services, in which provide a framework for the quality of services in line with the vision for people who suffer from a disability. These principals include; ‘respect for their human worth and dignity as individuals, live free from abuse, neglect or exploitation, realise their individual capacity for physical, social, emotional and intellectual...
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...ensuring development and survival of the child, and finally, Child participation, i.e. that children with disabilities or organizations representing them be consulted in matters and decisions affecting them. Article 23 of the Convention lays emphasis on the right of these children to special care and support to ensure they live full and independent lives. Most importantly the article guarantees the disabled children all the rights in the Convention. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) through General Comment 5 states that persons with disabilities should be guaranteed all rights under the covenant. On education, the convention provides the right to basic education as an unequivocal right and therefore should be free and compulsory. Through General Comment 13, certain standards with respect to the right of the disabled child to education are set. These include: Adaptability; that education meets emerging societal needs and those of learners of diverse social and cultural backgrounds, availability; i.e....
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...Completely Human: Wheelchair May Be Included On a warm Tuesday afternoon in the sunshine state, students and faculty members bustled to and fro from my view parked in front of academic one. Waiting patiently for the next bus to come, I silently hoped the lift on this one worked unlike the last bus. Seeing as I would be late for class anyway, I just wanted to at least catch the professor. Tires screeched as I witnessed the giant shuttle bus hiss to a halt at the curb. Releasing my brakes, I navigated my wheelchair to a closer spot next to the great vehicle. Upon learning of my goal of reaching Modesto A Maidique Campus, the driver got right down to business turning levers and pushing buttons to let down to lift that is to bring me inside. Giving it a test drive, he continued to tap the buttons to direct machinery upward. Stubbornly, the lift wouldn't budge. Every switch and button combination failed to get the lift off the ground while the defiant lift wouldn't cooperate, a long line of students form to get on the bus. The minutes crawled by slowly but surely approaching the time of departure. As if setting off a silent alarm, everyone in the line fidgeted and squirmed with an insatiable itch to board the shuttle. The air was thick with the crowds’ agitation swimming among the murmuring, the grumblings and the glances in my direction. With the help of another personnel, the driver finally got the relentless machine to reluctantly move. Finishing up the test I was allowed to...
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...Define the following terms: Term Definition Ageism This is like Stereotyping and/or discriminating against people or groups because of their age. Baby boomer This is the group of folks there were called baby boomers following World War II era. They were born between 1944 and 1964. Americans with Disabilities Act This was known as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 this was a law that sets rules for the prevention of discrimination based on disability. Visitability How well level of accessibility in order to meet Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines Accessibility How well a physically challenged people I able to use the facility or place Disability Limited ability to perform some tasks in life because of a problem that is sometimes out of there control Inclusion addition to a group or mixture from someone or something Deinstitutionalization To release a disabled person from a hospital or other institution with the intent of giving treatment or support under the care of professionals. Special education Education that particularized for people having special learning abilities or disabilities. Part II Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Health Issues 2. Economic Welfare 3. Loneliness Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each: • What is being done to address the issues you identified? As the group of people working reach retirement employers will have to review their workloads and find...
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...How should you treat people with disabilities? 1. Treat PWDs like you want to be treated. 2. Talk to PWDs directly instead of their personal attendants. 3. Ask a PWD first instead of automatically assuming in what the PWD wants or needs. 4. Do not stare. 5. Do not treat adult PWDs as children. 6. Do not call PWDs the terms "Special Needs Person" or "Special Person". The same way you would hope to be treated. And that is with DIGNITY & RESPECT at all times, always remember they are people first and foremost. They have the same rights as you or I, and that most are very capable of making choices and decisions for themselves. Be patient caring and understanding, always offer assistance, and wait for a reply, before trying to help, as I have seen many people given an ear full for not giving them the chance to do for themselves. What not to do Never make assumptions, especially about their intellectual abilities, as this is a sure way of being given a thorough dressing down. Don't pity them as this will give them cause to dislike you, they don't want pity. Don't treat them with disrespect or call them derogatory names, that refer to their disability or mental state, e.g retard etc, as this will offend them and anyone who maybe with them. Never take over anything they are trying to do, ask if they would like help, and back off if they no. I work with people with disabilities and have seen many people given a ear full for...
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...Barriers experienced with additional needs Discrimination There are 4 types of disability discrimination: direct discrimination, failure to make reasonable adjustments, disability related discrimination and victimisation. (The Equality Act, 2010) Direct discrimination Direct discrimination occurs when a disabled person is treated less favourably than someone else, who has similar circumstances and abilities or the treatment is for a reason relating to the person’s disability. Failure to make reasonable adjustments An employer, education provider or service provider has a duty to make reasonable adjustments where a provision, criterion or practice, or any physical feature of premises occupied by them, places a disabled person at a substantial disadvantage compared with people who are not disabled. Disability-related discrimination This form of discrimination refers to treatment of a disabled person that: • is unlawful because it is for a reason related to a disability; • is less favourable than the way in which others, to whom that reason doesn’t apply, are treated • the employer cannot show that the treatment is justified Victimisation Victimisation is outlawed by the DDA. It says that a person should not be treated less favourably because they have, brought legal action under the DDA (eg at an employment tribunal, or other body), or given evidence in such an action or done anything else relating to such an action, such as supporting the person taking...
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...Molly Patterson Flowers for Algernon Paper Recreation for Special Populations East Tennessee State University Flowers for Algernon is a short story that has many themes within it. This paper will focus on the theme of the mistreatment of disabled people. The bullying is practiced purposely and accidentally. However, society mistreats anyone who is different and most of the time it happens subconsciously. The main theme of this story is the mistreatment of mentally disabled and even mentally gifted people. Mentally disabled people are mistreated daily just because of their condition. Many cruel people, like the bakery workers in the story, make fun of mentally disabled people just for amusement. Others treat the mentally disabled as inferior and try to help them, but the help they offer is only because they feel superior to the disabled person and view the help as charity. Society in general feels awkward and superior to the mentally disabled due to lack of contact or knowledge of them. Even the main character, Charlie, is unable to show any warmth for the mentally disabled once he gains his knowledge. An example of how society treats people who are different is proven through each person’s level of knowledge. Young children treat mentally disabled kids the same as any other. However as they grow and learn more through society they begin to treat them different. As we have learned in class, society has enough knowledge to know that these people are different but...
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...GOD ‘S CHILDREN Charles Mauldin Belhaven University 01/18/2016 GOD ‘S CHILDREN How might GOD use people with disabilities, mental retardation and ADHD to his glory? Jeremiah 29:11 states: For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “ They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. When our circumstances look hopless, God has a plan for his people. The abilities we have been blessed with at times lie dormant, a display of love given to maybe a person in need, shines the light on all involved. R OMANS 8:28 States: And we know that GOD causes everything to work together for the good of those who love GOD and are called according to his purpose for them. Our purpose as people of GOD are interwoven to one another, this is my belief, I cannot be selfish and expect to receive any good while my purpose is to dispense the gifts GOD has blessed me with. I wonder if children or people with exceptionalities are guardian angels watching over us instead of we thinking we are watching over people with disabilities. Because God is good, some of his creation will live with a disability. Many hold the view that a good God would never purposely create that kind of suffering for any of his creation. But God uses disabilities to point us toward himself (www.hopeingod.org/document/beyond access). Why is it important that disability is normal in the bible, Disability has existed in every culture, people with disabilities can be very talented...
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...privilege in which one can benefit from mainstream culture, as they can easily mold to the standards of a capitalistic and ableist society. The one-dimensional culture that simplifies and diminishes the complexities of the handicapped, eerily mirrors that of the simplification and “ghettoization” of youths in working-class communities. Within, Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel’s podcast, “Invisibilia” they provide a radical analysis on the social construction of blindness, and how society’s low expectations of the blind are translated and inculcated into physical reality. In conjunction with the theme of “low expectations” placed on a marginalized community, we similarly discussed how poor people...
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...Research Question Hiring disabilities usually are thought to be the worst choice for HR managers during the recruitment process. However, is this really the truth? As many myths about hiring disabilities are known to be false, HR managers should re-consider about adding people with disabilities to their work force. Many companies that have hired disabled workers have been successful with high performance. However, should HR managers decide to hire disabled workers, some implications will arise. So, “What are the implications of hiring disabled workers to human resource manager?” Literature Review Background Information As the aging process is an inevitable process, workers of the companies, especially the senior workers are facing an immediate retirement. For this reason, HR managers have to seek the potential workers from the pools of candidates in the labour market. One of these pools is disabled people. According to United Nations, disability simply means “any restriction or lack (resulting from any impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being” (Steadward, et al., 2003). This includes people who are blind or partially sighted; people with learning or intellectual disabilities; people who are deaf or hearing impaired; people with a physical disability; people with long term illnesses; people with mental health or psychological difficulties and; people with an acquired brain injury (Living Heritage...
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...Americans with Disabilities Act As a person with a disability, I felt it was only right for me to do my essay on the Americans with Disabilities Act and the way Human Resource management has to deal with it. I had my right leg amputated below the knee, which had a major impact on my life, but I refused to let it alter my life in a negative way. I was skeptical about going back into the workplace; for fear that I would not be able to perform the duties that I had once done. With a lot of research, I found that a prosthetic leg could improve my mobility and give me the confidence that I need to get back out there. After I received my prosthesis, I caught life by the tail and made it my own again. I learned how to put all of my weight on my prosthesis, which made it impossible for anyone to know it even existed. I decided that my disability was not going to hinder me; instead it was going to help me prove that a person with a disability could be a valuable asset to any company. The Americans with Disabilities Act is one of the most important regulations in the history of American. This act gives civil rights fortifications to persons with disabilities in public adjustments, employment, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications; this is comparable with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prevented discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion. previous to this act being passed, employers were at liberty to disallow...
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...For the purpose of this assignment I am going to discuss the social construct of disability by focusing on eugenics and language. In addition to the medical and social model of disability, segregation and the oppression of disability. Furthermore the Medias influence on social constructs. Within the United Kingdom there are an estimated 9 million disabled adults. (Office for Disability Issues updated Department for Work and Pensions estimates based on Family Resources survey 2009/10). Despite the high number, people with impairments are treated as a separate homogenous group to the rest of society. Firstly, to understand where we are today with disability as a social construction I will provide a historical account of disability in western society. To pinpoint precisely the origins of society’s attitude towards disability and disabled people would be almost impossible (Barton 1996). One theory that has been suggested, is that the view that our perceptions of impairments and disability are influenced by psychological fear of the unknown, the anomalous and the abnormal (Barton 1996 cites Douglas 1966). Historically, disability has been a source of oppression where disabled people have been socially excluded from many areas of social life. The exclusion can be traced back to an era when biblically ideas formed of society. The religious model of disability produced notions of what was acceptable and not acceptable; this included the exclusion of imperfections of the body. Imperfect...
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...by a legislative body that is established and empowered to do so,’’ as defines by BusinessDictionary.com . A Policy is a statement of agreed intent that clearly and unequivocally sets out an organisations’ views with respect to a particular matter. It is a set of principles or rules that provide a definite direction for an organisation. A Procedure or Practice is a clear step-by-step method for implementing an organisations’ policy or responsibility. Procedures describe a logical sequence of activities or processes that are to be followed to complete a task or function in a correct and consistent manner There are curent and relevant legislation and organisation practice and policies procedure affecting partnership working in health and social care: Equality Act 2010, Care Standard Act 2000, Disability Discrimination Act 2005. Equality Act 2010 is the law that was enacted to prevent different types of discrimination, such as direct and indirect discrimination, victimisation and harassment. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc (January 13) described Care Standards Act 2000 (CSA) as an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provides for the administration of a variety of care institutions, including children's homes, independent hospitals, nursing homes and residential care homes. The CSA, which was enacted in April 2002, replaces the Registered Homes Act 1984 and parts of the Children Act 1989, which pertain to the care or the accommodation of children. The Disability Discrimination...
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...The Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) http://www.borp.org The Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization performing towards the improvement of health, self-reliance, and social inclusion of people with physical disabilities through physical fitness, athletics, leisure, and recreation programs. BORP, believes that athletics and recreation programs provide a route to an accomplishment to which all people should have access. BORP offers programs for both youth and adults, wheelchair basketball, adaptive cycling, goalball, power soccer, an adventures and outings program. BORP is in Berkeley, California and is the foremost provider and contributor of accessible and inclusive sports and recreation...
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