Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Grand Canyon University SPE 526 Professor Elizabeth Jorgensen ABSTRACT Students and adults can be affected by many disabilities. Some maybe genetics‚ some self inflicted by accidents‚ in order to help the person with the disability we must first understand the reason behind the problem to better help the person affected by the disability. All disabilities affect individual in different wants‚ from learning disabilities to blindness each person and
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There is a social contribution to the conceptualization of disability. Like gender‚ disability is socially constructed by determining normality and excluding those who do not meet the normal standards. Social factors that construct disability include spread of diseases and privation of basic needs following wars‚ invasions‚ etc. In addition‚ lack of good medical care and practices can create or prevent physical disabilities. In addition‚ the increases in the pace of life contribute to an increase
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PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL Understanding Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Abstract Intellectual disability‚ autism‚ severe disabilities‚ and deaf and blindness‚ all these are different disabilities that fall under the umbrella of Special Education. As a special educator it is very critical for one to learn about all the different disabilities‚ to know about the causes and the characteristics. Students with disabilities are evaluated by their school to determine if they are eligible for
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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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10/14/2015 SED 201C 01 Mrs. Dean Disability Resource Center Assignment The Disability Resource Center at Westminster College provides a wonderful wealth of resources and a great place for students with a possibility of disabilities or established disabilities. The center was visited on October 8‚ 2015‚ and was a real eye opener to learn about the many different‚ tremendous resource tools and eager people available to assist the students. The Director of Disability Resources‚ Faith Craig‚ works closely
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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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Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities 1 Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities 2 Task 1 Part A: Summarize the six key components of the original 1975 IDEA In 1975‚ President Gerald Ford signed into law Public Law 94-142‚ Education for Handicap Act. This federal law was created to assure that all children with disabilities have free and appropriate education available to them. The six key components of the original 1975 Education
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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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The social and medical model of disability There are a number of ‘models’ of disability which have been defined over the last few years. The two most frequently mentioned are the ‘social’ and the ‘medical’ models of disability. The medical model of disability views disability as a ‘problem’ that belongs to the disabled individual. It is not seen as an issue to concern anyone other than the individual affected. For example‚ if a wheelchair using student is unable to get into a building because
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Assessment task: task 2. Disability Family and community studies Student number: 239 Task weight: 25% Legal definition: * “The term "disabled person" means any person unable to ensure by himself or herself‚ wholly or partly‚ the necessities of a normal individual and/or social life‚ as a result of deficiency‚ either congenital or not‚ in his or her physical or
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