ognitive disability can be caused by a variety of factors‚ such as: hormonal imbalance‚ genetic disorders‚ environmental factors‚ malnutrition‚ infringement during the growth and development stages of infancy‚ substance abuse‚ physical injury and so on. Cognitive disability may be characterised as mild‚ moderate and severe. These characteristics maybe judged according to their IQ tests scores. If the IQ of a child is between 55–70‚ she/he is considered to have mild cognitive disability. If the IQ
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Understanding the context of supporting individual with learning disabilities. Unit | Questions | Answer | 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 | Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities. Explain how this legislation and policies influence
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Affirmative Action For Those With Disabilities I decided to focus my paper on affirmative action as it pertains to those with disabilities. It is an important consideration when thinking about ethical and equal employment opportunity practices. Diversity in the workplace includes people with disabilities‚ both physical and mental. “It makes good business sense to hire people with disabilities. People with disabilities have above average records of job performance and dependability—which improves
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The functional effects of Tyler’s disability are visual impairments‚ atypical movements‚ and communication impairments. During instruction at school‚ Tyler’s teachers sat Tyler in preferential seating and enlarged handouts to allow him better access to teaching materials visually. Tyler experiences atypical movements due to his cerebral palsy. He has delayed and uncontrolled movements which cause difficulties with gross and fine motor skills such as writing‚ brushing teeth‚ and eating. He also
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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 decisions to assist those in other diverse population
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention‚ special education‚ and related services to children with disabilities. It addresses the educational needs of children with disabilities from birth to age 18 or 21 in cases that involve 14 specified categories of disability. * The IDEA is "spending clause" legislation‚ meaning that it only
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An Investigation Into Attitudes Toward Disability In this report I will investigate peoples attitude towards disability in society today. Many people have different attitude toward disabled people. There are certain stereotypes that many people in society often link with disabled people. These are a few of those stereotypes: aggressive‚ tragic and in need of pity and receivers of charity. Some people see people with disabilities as incapable‚ inadequate and of low intelligence‚ a super
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People with Disabilities and the Advocate’s Role Alex Monroe BSHS 441 - Advocacy and Mediation August 20‚ 2013 What is Advocacy? Independence is a powerful and liberating word most people strive to achieve this during the course of his or her lifetime. No one truly wants to rely on another person for aid or support but unfortunately circumstances arise when a person cannot accomplish their objectives on their own. When individuals face difficulties in getting services that they need they will
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Lorena Campos “Disability” Nancy Mair’s “Disability” shows us the view a disabled woman has on how the world perceives people with disabilities. Nancy is “a forty- three year old crippled woman.”(Bedford Reader 13).Nancy is a woman who spends most of her time in a wheelchair. A woman that can be easily spotted in a crowd. She notes that she has not 3show that illustrated her so that people would feel sorry for the woman. They show the woman trying to make one lat trip before she gets crippled
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history and development of the medical‚ social and psycho-social models of disability Medical: The medical model defines a disability as something that is physically ‘wrong’ with a person’s body. This could be an illness or acquired damage to the body in an accident for example. The medical model views the human body as something which can be fixed or repaired if there is a problem with it. The medical model of disability was started around the early 19th century‚ when physicians and doctors started
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