“About Being Considered ‘Retarded.’” by Amanda Baggs gives a great perspective on how those who have a disability are considered to be inferior or less human due to them being different from the societal standard of “normal”. To Baggs the way she looks and processes information is normal however compared to standards that society has placed she is different. To me Baggs is conveying the message that we label individuals who are different in this case those who have a cognitive disability and segregate them being considered normal due to the label of retarded.…
The first concept I am going to discuss is institutions from week 5 unit 3 part 3. In the early 1800's until institutions were closed a lot of disabled people were sent there. Gord Ferguson lived at the Rideau Regional centre in Smith Falls for 16 years. These people were isolated from everyone family, friends communities and labeled as idiots or retarded. I grew up in a time of inclusion until starting this course I had no knowledge of institutions. It taught me about the abuse and neglect these people experienced.…
Employ the reading “Transcontinental Dissonance” and course notes to explain how disability may be considered a social construction.…
Although it might not seem to be a difficult task, one of the most highly debated issues in special education is the determination of a child’s eligibility into a special education program. One of the main reasons for this debate is determining intelligence, and what a child’s adaptive behavior is. For the purposes of this paper, the teacher candidate interview Mrs. Angie Ciolek, a special education teacher who works with students who have been determined to have an intellectual disability. During this discussion, Mrs. Ciolek shared many of her experiences, as well as some of her personal thoughts on intelligence, adaptive behavior, problems assessing students, and finally some of the characteristics of her students that resulted in them being eligible for special education services.…
I choose some take away messages from different sections throughout the film. I will use the information from the video and apply it to my everyday tasks in my future classroom. Starting from the beginning of the film with the “Difficult Times to Processing” section it allows me to understand students with learning disabilities have twice as much to process, question and answer so they need more time. The “Risk Taking” section taught me how students with learning disabilities like reassurance and do not like surprises. If I have a student with a learning disability, I would make sure they knew ahead of time a very important test or quiz and what information they would need to study and help them prepare. The “Behavior” hit me hard for I remember as a child one of my classmates had a learning disorder and would be sent to detention but could not understand why the teacher disliked her when all she kept doing was asking questions. During the film I really enjoyed the “Visual Motor Coordination”, the Mirror trick was entertaining and helpful. I would expect the elementary education students to pay close attention to how hard writing might actually be for students with learning disabilities. “Oral Expression” explained how hard it really is for students with learning disabilities to even speak at times. When I get nervous I begin to stutter which makes me more nervous, I cannot even imagine what an LD child endures all day long, and it would be exhausting. The last section regarding “Fairness”, reminded me how every teacher should be reminded of how in order to be fair you must treat everyone differently and according to their needs.…
1. In Ken Burns’ documentary “The Address”, the director wants the audience realize the difficulties that students with disabilities may have when trying to accomplish something that others may think is easy to do. In doing so, when these students rise to the occasion, the audience feels the desire to inwardly or outwardly cheer them on. Ken Burns also challenges the audience to memorize and publish your version of one of the greatest speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address, even if it is a challenging task for you.…
Prewriting: (worth 5 points of your essay grade): List each of the main characters. What is their disability? The disability may be physical or mental. How does this contribute to their role in the novel? The impairment may be symbolic also.…
Students come with their own individual packages and no two of them are alike. Even though the curriculum is the same, no two students learn the same way. Teachers are challenged to meet the students’ “package” and to create an approach at instruction that take into consideration the students’ differing abilities, strengths and needs are satisfied. To compound the challenges of instruction, the intellectually disabled (ID) student presents additional dynamics that impact the art of teaching.…
She explains how disabled people were denied rights in the early days, the media’s influence and the current dilemma many of them face. One example was her explaining on how she was told about “a boy with Down syndrome” (pg. 445) “who wasn’t allowed to go to school” (pg. 445) in a small town Georgia neighborhood. Later we see the passing of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1975 followed by Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. She explains the promotion of Tropic Thunder and its exploitation of the word “retard”. Bauer also used statistics to back her claim of stigma that America has on those with people with disabilities even in the modern era. Research was conducted by University of Massachusetts found that “half of young people wouldn’t spend time with a student with an intellectual disability”. (pg. 445) “More than half of parents didn’t want such students at their children’s school” (pg. 445) Towards the end, she argues against the stereotype or predictable future of a person with disability. She explains the surprising success her daughter has had despite the fact she has Down…
This writer was given an assignment of researching three questions related to learning disability. The three questions are: 1. what is a learning disability? 2. How do individuals with learning disabilities process information? and 3. What challenges are related to how these individuals process information? This writer has learned a lot about learning disability and special education all throughout this course, during this research, and during observation time in the classroom. Special education, a program developed in order to provide a free, appropriate education to all students, even those with special needs, was developed because of the passage of laws such as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA, Public Law 94–142), later known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and has evolved over the years based on updates in the law (Polloway, 2013). This essay details some of the things that this writer has learned.…
Society comprises individuals and communities of remarkable diversity. In addition to racial, ethnic, social, economic, and religious differences, people also have physical differences, which include a wide spectrum of abilities. Along this spectrum lie a range of impairments, or disabilities, and to fully understand the implications of impairment and disability, it is important to define the two terms. In an effort to accomplish this, and to illustrate two opposing views on impairment and disability, the ideas of artist-activist Liz Crow and film director-producer Josh Aronson will be examined. In doing so, the argument will be made that in order to move toward a society where prejudice and barriers no longer…
This essay is entitled Educating Special Needs Students, the author will discuss and several important issues, which will be the following; the defining of Mental Retardation a term the author despises, Autism, Severe Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities, also their causes, and the impact of these disabilities have on the education of students with Mental Retardation. In addition to the above mentioned, the essay will identify areas of curriculum, necessary for students with severe disabilities and will explain why. Addressed also will be the following; using the authors’ local school district, Las Vegas Nevada, an investigation into the policies, procedures, and programs for the education, of students with Mental Retardation, Autism, and or Severe Multiple Disabilities. Lastly, an explanation of how these policies, programs, and procedures, either address or ignore the area of curriculum, the author has listed within the content of the essay.…
Students and adults can be affected by many disabilities. Some maybe genetics, some self inflicted by accidents, in order to help the person with the disability we must first understand the reason behind the problem to better help the person affected by the disability. All disabilities affect individual in different wants, from learning disabilities to blindness each person and their families are affected in different ways. Many of these disabilities will affect each student in different ways, some may learn slower than others, and require more time to finish an assignment or even more time to comprehend what the teacher is trying to rely. As a student, these individual will require assistant From IDEA in order to proceed to enter grade school all the way through high school to be able to transition to a the world and lead a normal and productive life. And with the proper guidance and family support, they will be normal productive citizens.…
An Intellectual disability, also known as mental retardation, is a term used when there are limits to a person’s ability to learn at an expected level and function in daily life. Levels of intellectual disability vary greatly in children from a very slight problem to a very severe problem. Children with intellectual disability might have a hard time letting others know their wants and needs, and taking care of themselves. Intellectual disability could cause a child to learn and develop more slowly than other children of the same age. It could take longer for a child with intellectual disability to learn to speak, walk, dress, or eat without help, and they could have trouble learning in school. Intellectual disability can be caused by a problem that starts any time before a child turns 18 years old as well as even before birth. It can be caused by injury, disease, or a problem in the brain. For many children, the cause of their intellectual disability is unknown. Some of the most common known causes of an intellectual disability like…
In the society that we live in today, media is the fastest way to attract, persuade and to impact a person’s decision. Throughout the media, usage of art is manipulated to appeal to consumers. Movies, photographs, drawings, paintings, books, musical compositions, etc. are used for specific purposes. Whether those purposes are entertainment, information, or persuasion, artists have evolved the way that they use art to affect our daily lives. Personally, a piece of art that has had a lasting impact on my life would be the film I am Sam. This movie came out in 2001, after viewing the film; it influenced my career path, my relationship with my own father and my overall view of persons with disabilities. I am Sam, is a tremendous film that I would highly recommend to anyone who is interested in learning about disabilities. It would also be an inspiring film for those who are disabled. In fact, I would recommend it just for the entertainment provided by some of Sam’s silliness. The movie is based on a man who is classified as mentally retarded named Sam Dawson, played by Sean Penn. He is in a custody battle of his pride and joy, Lucy, played by Dakota Fanning. The courts find him unfit as a parent since his mental capacity is that of a seven year old. Lucy will soon be turning eight, and the courts assume that Sam will no longer be able to take care of her. Throughout the movie, other disabilities portrayed, such as Down’s syndrome, by the characters that play Sam’s friends. Sam’s lawyer, Rita Harrison Williams, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, is a workaholic who is so wrapped up in her job that she has neglected forming a relationship with her own child. Throughout, reluctantly working on Mr. Dawson’s case, she sees in him what it truly to takes to be a parent, love. The impact Mr. Dawson had on his lawyer had me in awe of him and all persons with disabilities and ultimately changed my life forever.…