Relations Act 1976‚ the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and three major statutory instruments protecting discrimination in employment on grounds of religion or belief‚ sexual orientation and age. This legislation has the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatment Directives‚ whose provisions it mirrors and implements.[1] It requires equal treatment in access to employment as well as private and public services‚ regardless of the protected characteristics of age‚ disability‚ gender reassignment
Premium Discrimination Disability
A learning disability affects the way a person learns new things in any area of life‚ not just at school. It affects how they understand information and how they communicate. A child with a general learning disability finds it more difficult to learn‚ understand and do things compared to other children of the same age. The degree of disability may vary greatly from some children who cannot or are unable to speak and will need a lot of support throughout their lives to children with high functioning
Premium Education Educational psychology Psychology
Lynch‚ Cantillon & Walsh‚ 2004). Yet within contemporary society inequality‚ oppression and discrimination are still being experienced by distinct groups‚ one of which is individual’s with physical disabilities. History shows the legacy of oppression suffered by those with disabilities. It is widely acknowledged that ancient Greek culture informed the foundations of Western Civilisation‚ they believed in asserting citizenship‚ rights and individual dignity but only extended these rights
Premium Disability Developmental disability Social model of disability
Multiple Scierosis in Society and its effects on individuals News on multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is a disease usually known as MS‚ and this affects the central nervous system- the brain and spinal cord. Multiple Sclerosis is when the nerves are not able to communicate with the body. The central nervous system has a myelin sheath covering the axons‚ which sends the message to the synaptic bulbs for communication to the nerves. “The myelin sheath helps the axons sends its messages
Premium Nervous system Neuron Multiple sclerosis
Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Grand Canyon University SPE 526 Professor Elizabeth Jorgensen ABSTRACT 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
Premium Traumatic brain injury Mental retardation Down syndrome
Running head: LEARNING DISABILITIES AND DYSGRAPHIA Children with Dysgrapia and Other Learning Disabilities Your Name School Name or Institution Abstract There are many types of learning disabilities that are prevalent among children in the world today. This paper will not necessarily explore in detail the prevalence of the disorders‚ but explore the different types‚ causes‚ and treatment for the variety of learning disabilities among children today. This paper will focus particularly on one
Premium Dyslexia
History of Intellectual Disabilities St. Francis University Abstract The following paper will be a reflection on the history of intellectual disabilities. It will reflect on the progression of events and analyze them. The analysis will be on the implications of intellectual disabilities in social‚ economic‚ and political conditions. Reflection will also take place on how and why the attitudes or treatments of students with intellectual disabilities has differed throughout history
Premium Mental retardation Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Down syndrome
way media shapes the way the public views people with disabilities. Our culture is media driven in the form of movies‚ TV‚ social media‚ advertising and so on. It is important to understand that the images and notions of disability are not always accurate and can be prejudicial or inflammatory. First‚ I will talk about how stereotypes are created and perpetuated largely by people who make assumptions about what it is like to have a disability (Barnes‚ 1992). Telethons are notorious for creating stereotypes
Premium Disability Sociology Mental disorder
3.3 – Explain how disability may affect development Children with a disability may be subjected to prejudice or discrimination at school. They may be bullied or ridiculed by other students which will affect their self-confidence and in turn affect their learning capabilities and development. Disabilities are categorised in different forms i.e. learning or physical. Learning disabilities which affect development could be. Autism; autism is a developmental disability which affects how a person
Premium Disability Educational psychology Developmental disability
howard gardner‚ multiple intelligences and education Howard Earl Gardner ’s (1943- ) work has been marked by a desire not to just describe the world but to help to create the conditions to change it. The scale of his contribution can be gauged from following comments in his introduction to the tenth anniversary edition of Howard Gardner ’s classic work Frames of Mind. The theory of multiple intelligences: In the heyday of the psychometric and behaviorist eras‚ it was generally believed that intelligence
Free Theory of multiple intelligences Intelligence