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    Student number 11005332 PRNG 1001 Summative Assignment on Learning Disabilities Scenario Word Count 2118 Contents Page PAGE 1- Title page PAGE2-Contents page PAGE 3 Professional values and beliefs PAGE 5- How best to communicate with James and the interpersonal skills a nurse needs to be able to communicate effectively. PAGE 6- What James needs are in relation to the scenario. PAGE 7- Promoting James’s health and wellbeing in the scenario. PAGE 8 – Pros and cons of James going into

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    A fact that I want to remember is 66 percent of all school-age to will be African American‚ Native American and of course we must not forget new immigrants. In addition to the wonderful Melting Pot that America is becoming the individuals with Disabilities Education Act which has been revived many times throughout

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    providing funds‚ the Public Law of 1969 known as the Children with Specific Learning Disabilities Act has recognized children with "learning disabilities" (Berger‚ 2008‚ p. 302) and enabled them to receive special education and other services such as physical therapy‚ speech‚ transportation‚ etc. In addition‚ by enforcing mandated education for all children‚ the Public Law has protected children with disabilities from being rejected or forced out of school as it used to happen before 1960 ’s (Berger

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    Disabilites Disability has several definitions. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a disability as: a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity; a record of a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity; or when an entity takes an action prohibited by the ADA based on an actual or perceived impairtment. I chose the movie Edward Scissorhands as my example for disabilities‚ and how it makes life so different from

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    the ADA‚ Ruth Colker in her book‚ "The Disability Pendulum‚”shows her disappointment for the disability rights community from the ADA implementation in first year. She traces the effectiveness of the ADA‚ and show how and why this key piece of civil rights legislation has fallen far short of the "high hopes and aspirations" of the disabled community and their advocates. She uses the metaphor of a swinging pendulum to symbolize shifting attitudes toward disability rights and the disabled. The book has

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    The disability tax credit (DTC) is a non-refundable tax credit used to reduce the amount of tax otherwise payable on personal income tax returns. A person who has a “severe and prolonged impairment in physical or mental functions” may qualify for the Disability Tax Credit. Disability Tax Credit Certificate (Form T2201) must be completed by a qualified practitioner and submitted to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for approval in order to receive the benefit. Canada Revenue Agency defines a prolonged

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    of disability and the social model of disability is that they both aim to promote opportunities that increases the individuals chances to live independently and in receiving better support for the future. However‚ there are differences between these two models. For instance‚ the medical model suggests disability as the main problem while the social model is the opposite‚ it portrays the society or the environment as the problem. As medical model blames the fault on an individual’s disability‚ which

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    Bioethics for ‘Choosing Disability’ via Pre-implantation Diagnosis- PSY345H5F TERM PAPER PSY345H5F Exceptionality: Disability and Giftedness Dr. Stuart Kamenetsky Parents all over the world have one great thing in common‚ wanting the best for their children and giving them great opportunities to pursue their dreams. Children are considered special blessings from God‚ especially for couples that were bestowed with this blessing after much patience. Furthermore

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    The disability rights movement is the fight for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities. In the 1800s‚ it was considered generous that the disabled were segregated from society. Many were regarded as freaks or aberrations‚ and were consequently locked up in asylums and sanitariums. In the early 1900s‚ the Eugenics Movement began to grow‚ which specifically targeted people with disabilities. A multitude of disabled people were forced to undergo sterilization‚ in an attempt to prevent

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    against people with mental or physical disabilities. Disabled people are often pitied‚ assumed to be incompetent‚ abnormal and weak. Due to these stereotypes they are not seen as fully human‚ members of society which means that they are often not given equal chances in life and are excluded from society (Bognar‚ 2016). The media often portrays disabled people as having awful lives and that they need to be pitied (Coleman et al.‚ 2015). People with disabilities are stereotyped as a burden because they

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