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    * Explain the potential impact of disability on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people (CYP 3.7 3.1) The potential impact of disability on the outcomes and life chances of children and young people are that they get physical impairments and chronic medical conditions may compromise healthy development and disrupt their educational experiences. Adper children’s all round development‚ move on further into the future to have financial difficulties and restricted opportunities

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    experienced by the majority of people with disabilities in modern society remains considerably lower compared to otherwise able-bodied individuals (Baynton‚ 2001). Such reactions have stemmed from several models of disability‚ which have had a powerful influence on setting the parameters for how people with impairments are treated by society. As our society expands in becoming ever more socially and technologically complex‚ the awareness towards disabilities have become less understood.

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    Define the IssuePhysical disability discrimination is when people are being treated less fairly because of their disability such as broken leg‚ deaf‚ or blind. People can be discriminated direct or indirect. Unfair treatment means that a disable person will be treated disadvantaged in the society and doesnt have the same opportunity or choice as a non-disable person in situation like employment‚ education‚ and access goods‚ services and facilities. Personal ExperienceI have no personal experience

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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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    FORREST GUMP Disability refers to the social effects of physical‚ emotional‚ or mental impairment. Disabled people are human‚ just like us.Thus‚ they should be treated like us. They should not be punished for their disability‚and shouldn’t been treated unfairly. Nobody in this world likes to be alone or ignored. Also‚ no one likes to feel unacceptable or stupid. When we live in a world where everyone refuses or ignores us‚ we will do things that we never thought we would do. In the

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    Movie Critique Summary The movie Radio is based on the true life story of James Robert "Radio" Kennedy‚ an African-American male with a slight mental disability‚ played by Cuba Gooding Jr.. The setting of this movie is in the small rural town of Anderson‚ South Carolina in 1976.The movie begins with the main character‚ Radio‚ pushing a grocery cart filled with his personal belongings and a radio‚ which he was affectionately named after‚ along a train track. During Radio ’s frequent journeys

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    Throughout the years things have change‚ some for the better and some for the worse‚ and the way people look at and feel about those that are different or have disabilities is no different. In the past‚ if you had a disability‚ you were a "stupid" or "weird." You were labeled with words like "retarded" or "freak." There was no right to an education‚ as many felt as though these individuals could not learn anyway. They felt as though these people could not do the same things or would not live

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    EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Assessment 21382/01 Task 1 Answer the following questions and exercises: 1. Detail five (5) ways that you can support and encourage the independence and self determination of a person with a disability. * Assist people to maintain their dignity by maintaining existing valued social roles and by finding ways for them to gain more valued roles. * Respect the individual’s right to self-esteem and self-determination. It’s not just the right of able-bodied

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    around people with disabilities Imagine going down a hallway at school or work and seeing someone with a disability stopped in the hallway talking to someone who is not his or her caretaker . Other people in the hallways are waving and saying hello to that person. Once that person is done interacting with people‚ he or she walks into his or her own office to work his or her own day job. This seems like a fairly normal scenario except the fact that the person who has a disability is getting treated

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    Disability Discrimination Act: The disability discrimination act promotes equality for all people involved; it ensures that nobody whom has a disability can be treated unfairly because of their disability and the things they’re unable to do. The disability discrimination act applied to housing‚ training‚ transport‚ goods‚ facilities and service. They apply to these things because they ensure that nobody can be discriminated against or treated differently because of their disability in relation

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