9/9/2011 Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities • General term that describes specific kinds of learning problems. • Trouble learning and using certain skills: ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ reading‚ writing‚ Mathematics‚ listening‚ speaking‚ reasoning‚ and physical coordination Learning Disabilities Facts • Learning disabilities (LD) vary from person to person • Caused by differences in how a person’s brain works and how it processes information • 1 out of every 5 people in the United States has a learning
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Children with learning disabilities are smart or smarter than their peers‚ but may have difficulty with things like reading‚ writing‚ reasoning‚ and organizing information by themselves. A learning disability is a lifelong issue that cannot be cured or fixed with a snap of the fingers. Children who have the right support and intervention can succeed in school. Then later they will be able to go and be successful later in life. Children with learning disabilities need the support of parents‚ school
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In the essay “Disability”‚ writer‚ public speaker‚ and self-acclaimed “radical feminist‚ pacifist‚ and cripple” Nancy Mairs examines how the general public responds to individuals with disabilities as well as how the media portrays these aforementioned individuals (Mairs 12). She begins her essay by describing herself as a crippled woman with multiple sclerosis‚ speaking about her condition‚ and stating that she has never noticed a cripple woman like herself in the media. When the media does portray
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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
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individual because he felt that he was refused information because of he has a learning disability. He points out in his letter of complaint that strangers in the bed next to him where given more information about his condition than he was. This is not protecting or respecting the individuals dignity or confidentiality. It also shows that Scott was discriminated against because of his learnig disabilities. The Code: tells us that nurses and midwifes must not discriminate in any way against people
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Running Head: INDIVIDUAL: ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING DISABILITIES Individual: Organizational Learning Disabilities [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] Individual: Organizational Learning Disabilities Introduction Though there is large interest in organizational learning amidst both academicians and practitioners‚ the publication continues a bewildering blend of ideas mostly unconfirmed by empirical research. (Leong‚ 2005) The aim of this study is to help clarify organizational
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Defining Disability and Societies Stereotypes Society is always searching for a way to define or generalize what constitutes being disabled. Some would say disability is nothing out of the normal and that one’s who are disabled are still on a level playing field with abled persons. In contrast though‚ some argue that being disabled is something that totally hinders your life and will never allow you to fit in with the “social norm”. The focus of this paper is not to define disability‚ but to use
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• When it comes to an in class experience for children with cognitive disabilities‚ it is imperative to have specialized instruction‚ collaboration and adequate supports. Specialized instructions has the goal to focus on the individual needs of the child such as having activity-based interventions and peer-mediated intervention. Collaboration is vital because it makes inclusion successful regarding the relationships of students and teachers. Additionally‚ adequate supports are necessary because the
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the courage to stand up‚ speak to be heard‚ and understood for someone that can’t speak for them. My paper will define advocacy and how human service professionals utilized the term. I will discuss how advocacy is used in the disability population‚ and issues within the population. I will further discuss a good recommendation that will hopefully help a individual with a disability. In conclusion based on all the information I gather‚ and my own personal experiences‚ I will come up with good sound
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Some ethicists dislike the argument that abortion should be allowed where the baby‚ if born‚ would suffer from physical or mental handicaps. They say that allowing this as a reason for abortion is offensive to disabled people; because it implies that they‚ and their lives‚ are less worthwhile than the lives of ’normal’ people. And some people with disabilities that could be put forward as grounds for abortion argue that they would much rather be alive than have been killed in the womb. It is
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