every parent ’s dream for their child to grow up healthy and happy. There are so many children in the world that do not have the ability to hear‚ and it is a horrible thing. Many would think it wrong for a parent to not want to give their child the gift of sight. If I had a child that was deaf‚ I would do everything in my power to help them get their hearing. If the technology was there to fix this disability‚ why wouldn ’t anyone want their child to have it? "840 babies are born with a permanent
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How are members with a disability treated within the community? - Members of the Tzotziles treat each other with respect‚ and with cultural beliefs. Having special treatment or being disable is seen as an error from heavens‚ but between them‚ Tzotziles take care of each other‚ but they do discriminate the disable. What job opportunities do they have? If none‚ what role do they play? - Tzotziles divide the groups between women and men. Men are in charge of crops and cultivation of beans‚ maize‚ and
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learning disabilities compare with that of the general population who do not have learning disabilities? There is more chance of a person with learning disabilities being less health that someone who does not have a learning disability. There are several reasons for this but it starts as a child and continues into adulthood for people with learning disabilities. Children with learning disabilities have between 2.5 and 4.5 more chance of poorer health than children without learning disabilities. In
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and is a candidate for one of the better colleges or universities. But what about everyone else? How many of you who are reading these words have used the phrase "not good at taking tests‚" when talking either about yourself or your child? The Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory proposes that there are other measures of intelligence beside these two. I offer this information to you so that you can understand that while many teachers have some knowledge of MI theory‚ most of our schools are not fully
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Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences “An intelligence is the ability to solve problems‚ or to create products‚ that are valued within one or more cultural settings.” -- Howard Gardner FRAMES OF MIND (1983) Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence (“word smart” or “book smart”) This intelligence involves the knowing which comes through language; through reading‚ writing‚ and speaking. It involves understanding the order and meaning of words in both speech and writing and how to properly use
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M What is multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord resulting in loss of muscle control‚ vision‚ balance‚ and sensation. In the U.S. one in 1‚000 people have MS. Did you know that there are four types of MS. The first one is Relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis in which the patient has relapses or episodes of the disease. Slightly over 80% of those suffering from multiple sclerosis begin with this type. The second one is Secondary progressive MS usually a second stage
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Disability Awareness Training Introduction As a member of Security Team you may experience the need to communicate with disabled customers or visitors to these premises. It is therefore important that we all understand the correct etiquette to use to ensure that the customer or visitor has a positive memorable visit due to the excellent customer service we provide. Words and phrases guidelines Disability vs. Handicap • A disability is a condition caused by such things as an accident or
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In the case of severe illnesses‚ I believe a blend of medical paternalism and patient autonomy would allow for the best treatment for the patient. Severe illness‚ for the sake of this paper‚ can be described as physical or psychological pain that greatly affects the quality of life for the patient with said illness. Medical paternalism is the overriding or restricting of a patient’s rights for their own good. Patient autonomy can be defined as a patient’s self governed choice that reflects their
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Multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (also plasma cell myeloma also known as MM‚ myeloma‚ plasma cell myeloma‚ or as Kahler’s disease) is a progressive hematologic (blood) disease. It is a cancer of the plasma cell‚ an important part of the immune system that produces immunoglobulins (antibodies) to help fight infection and disease. The immune system is made up of several types of cells that work together to fight infections. Lymph cells (called lymphocytes) are the main type of cell in the adaptive
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Disability in the Media It has been a quarter of a century since Nancy Mairs wrote her essay Disability about the media’s weak portrayal of people with disabilities and only recently has there been in a change their representation on the small and big screens. While there is now a significantly larger number of persons with disabilities represented on TV and in movies‚ the roles still lack the character depth and screen time given to able-bodied characters. Disability rights
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