Women Enabled‚ Inc. www.WomenEnabled.org WomenEnabled@gmail.com Advocating for the Rights of All Women! United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 57th Session‚ 8 March 2013 Gender and Disability Stereotyping: Double Bind‚ Double Stigma Stephanie Ortoleva‚ Esq. President‚ Women Enabled‚ Inc. President@WomenEnabled.org - www.WomenEnabled.org Introduction The ground-breaking book authored by Rebecca J. Cook and Simone Cusack entitled “Gender Stereotyping: Transnational Legal Perspectives” published
Premium Human rights Women's rights Disability
Whether you prefer "the Blade Runner"‚ "the Man Without Legs"‚ "the Fastest Man on No Legs" or Oscar Pistorius‚ this young man ’s story will serve as a case study of mainstreaming in ’disability sports ’‚ specifically in the film Murderball. Pistorius is a 21-year-old South African below the knee amputee who won gold in the 100‚ 200 and 400 meter events at the 2006 Paralympic Athletics World Championships. Pistorius was regarded as being fast enough to earn a spot for the 200- and 400-meter sprints
Premium Disability
Exceptional children are children who are either exceptionally gifted or children with exceptional learning disabilities. These are children whose performances are way above the average child or way below the average child. When they perform way above the average child‚ they are called gifted. When they perform way below the average‚ we say they are children with learning disabilities. Like any other child‚ these children with exceptionalities are also a part of our society. Therefore it
Premium Disability Educational psychology Special education
Intellectual Disability Student Population Within‚ at the least‚ the United States‚ we are most familiar with identifying individuals that lack cognitive skills as having “mental retardation‚” but the legal term that is now being used is “intellectual disability.” Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that protects the education of certain disabled children from age 3 up to the age of 21. Under IDEA‚ intellectual disabilities is one of the thirteen categories in which students
Premium Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Mental retardation Down syndrome
understand people with disabilities in their lives was what I had chosen. Spending a day in the Mary Cariola Children’s Center allowed me to do this by interacting with children at various different levels and learning disabilities. I have quite a bit of knowledge on children with special needs but have never truly been able to interact with them further than my cousin who has been confined to a wheelchair (for reasons unknown to any doctor). When a child has a disability it becomes their master
Premium
Running Head: Emotional‚ Behavioral‚ and Physical Disabilities Emotional‚ Behavioral‚ and Physical Disabilities Marie Butler-Goble Grand Canyon University SPE-226 Professor Amy Petrovich April 28‚ 2013 Emotional‚ Behavioral‚ and Physical Disabilities Teaching students who have emotional‚ behavioral‚ and physical disabilities such as hearing or vision loss or traumatic brain injury can be challenging. The experience can also be extremely rewarding for educators who through
Premium Education Educational psychology Psychology
Stigmatization of Intellectual Disabilities Why are intellectual disabilities stigmatized‚ and why do they continue to persist in the present day? This is a subject that is very dear to me‚ because I have interacted with people affected by these stigmas first hand. When I was in high school‚ I volunteered at a Special Olympics event every fall. Being at this event and working with the athletes really opened my eyes to the realities of the everyday struggles that people affected by these illnesses
Premium Disability Mental disorder Sociology
teeth. The list is endless really. This assignment made me realize just how difficult some of these simple tasks are for many people in our society. The first task of this assignment was to visit the library and sign out some books related to disability. For most people this doesn ’t present any problems. But for a wheelchair bound person or one with limited mobility‚ there are huge obstacles to overcome. Personally I had little trouble maneuvering from place to place. In a matter of minutes
Premium Disability Mental disorder Wheelchair
Dreams are Bigger Than Disabilities Handicapped people are everywhere. They are unavoidable as well. Due to us being around them so often‚ one would assume that we would know a lot about them. If one thought this they would be wrong. Our outlook on handicapped people is usually nothing short of pity‚ as they will never be able to achieve anything great. However‚ society’s perception is warped. Though people can be handicapped‚ they can still achieve great things. There are many areas that handicapped
Premium Disability
from factions and unjustness. We have a problem with abuse of our disability system. The number of Americans on disability has increased dramatically in the last several years. Today‚ 14 million people get a disability check from the government (Joffe-Walt‚ 2013). In Hale County‚ Alabama‚ nearly 1 in 4 working-age adults is on disability (Joffe-Walt‚ 2013) and in Stanville‚ Kentucky‚ 10-15% of the population receives disability checks
Premium United States Democracy Separation of powers