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    Julianna is a 14-year- old student at Comsewogue High School. Her current special education classification is a Learning Disability‚ specifically in the area of Mathematics Problem Solving and Reading Comprehension. Julianna has a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and takes medication to help alleviate symptoms. Julianna is enrolled in an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) program for Math‚ Science‚ English‚ and Social Studies. All of her electives are provided in a general education setting. As per her IEP

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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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    Counter Arguments and Rebuttals • 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

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    get food because he can’t afford it himself. Frank also suffers from mental disabilities‚ and it is incredibly sad to see him homeless and hungry like he is. Frank can not maintain a stable job because of these mental disabilities. Instead of neglecting the homeless for not getting a job‚ we should be doing everything we can to help them get back on their feet. Food

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    explores what the media‚ mass media and mass communication is. As well as a major focus on the hypodermic needle theory also known as the magic bullet theory on the reception analysis‚ the passive audience and the encoding and decoding model with reference to relevant theorists and statements and examples from Africa and other countries. In conclusion this essay states that the reception analysis and the hypodermic needle theory both are important and complex in understanding the media and the active

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    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

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    Based on chapter 7‚ when some of us think about the word disability‚ we think that it involves people with a physical impairment. According to chapter 7‚ Invisible Disabilities‚ “A blue wheelchair symbol is the universal code for one having a disability that limit their mobility (pg. 168).” So‚ I agree with the chapter in that I’ve only known people to have a disability as being a visual deficiency‚ but this is not true anymore. As a result‚ the ADA presented a survey‚ and it was discovered

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    Disabilities can be categorized into four groups; physical‚ intellectual‚ cognitive‚ and psychiatric. Each category has its causations of the disability‚ synopsis‚ and historical background. The ADA played an important role in defining for various reasons the technical definition of a disability. For this reason‚ there has been an increase in individuals with disabilities over the past years. However‚ the continuum of having a disability still exists. The four types of disability can be categorized

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    Reeves uses diction and details to show the audience the importance of passing the Americans with Disabilities Act. The purpose of the Americans with Disabilities Act is “...to give the disabled access not only to buildings but to every opportunity in society.” This is important because many Americans are hurting and our nation needs to do something about it. Throughout his speech‚ Reeves explains that he believes we can fix this and find cures because he learned that nothing is impossible. First

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    J/601/650 UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL DISABILITY A report by the Office of Population Census and Surveys has revealed that one in ten of the population has a disability of some form. It is therefore important to avoid stereotyping and treat this large section of society as people for whom disability is only one factor in their individuality. Because of old fashioned stereotyping and the labels that go with that ‚ people with disabilities can be put off or feel inadequate or unworthy of

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