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    1.Know the difference between the Medical and Social models of disability. 1.1 Describe the Medical Model of disability. The Medical Model sees disabled people as the problem. They need to be adapted to fit into the world as it is. This approach is based on a belief that the difficulties associated with the disability should be borne wholly by the disabled person‚ and that the disabled person should make extra effort to ensure that they do not inconvenience anyone else. If this is not possible

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    the UK have a hidden disability and 10% of people that have some kind of medical condition that is considered a type of hidden disability like dyslexia or bipolar disorder which within the UK 1.5 million people suffer with. Having a hidden disability means that either you have a medical disorder that you cannot ‘see’. You could see types of supports like wheelchairs but the main meaning is that you cannot generally see anything wrong with them by looking at them. The disability can be either physical

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    multiple conditions and/or disabilities 1:1 Describe possible multiple conditions and/or disabilities that individuals may have. Patients   with multiple conditions and/or disabilities have two or more disabling conditions that affect learning or other important life functions. These can include: 1.Mental retardation‚ dementia 2.Bad eyesight‚ blindness 3.Hard of hearing‚ deafness 4.Arthritis‚ paralysed body/parts 1:2 Explain how multiple conditions and/or disabilities many have an additional impact

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    Unit 1 – Internet Based Case Studies. Activity 1: Beyond Disability and Train World Compare and contrast the features (characteristics) of these two small businesses. The differences between the two business would be that Train World is out to make a profit whereas the aims of a non for profit business such as Beyond Disability is to give something positive back to the community Identify the objectives of each business. The main objectives of Train World might be for a personal reason

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    of 1973‚ and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004‚ on the Education of Children with Disabilities Abstract Education is regarded as a fundamental right in the United States. Up until the 1970’s‚ however‚ children with disabilities were being denied this right. Congress passed landmark legislation to redress this injustice‚ beginning with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973‚ and culminating with the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. These new federal

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    those with a disability have undeniably evolved within the past century‚ in conjunction with an evolution in the portrayal of disabled people in the media. Whereas once‚ people with a physical or intellectual disability were depicted in the media as simplistic and pitiable figures who burden society‚ modern media has now sought to portray this minority group in a more positive light‚ as strong and independent figures who should not be solely defined by their condition. The term ‘disability’ is said to

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    that the majority of people who have a disability have always been poor‚ powerless‚ and degraded?” Disabled persons are part of the biggest minority in the world‚ and naturally the minorities get less benefits than the majority. United Nations Enable states that “Persons with disabilities are routinely denied these basic rights: Receiving an education‚ Living independently in the community‚ getting jobs‚ even when well qualified‚ exercising political rights‚ such as voting‚ making their own decisions

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    When the Civil Rights Movement first began it was met with both support and opposition. Check your privilege 1950s white folk- those that felt that there was no need for protests‚ uprisings‚ and marches against the ones holding the power of continued racial segregation were the ones perpetuating the racism itself. It seemed‚ and still seems to many in this country‚ that the leaders that held the power to carry the tradition of continued racism were the people who most needed to be affected by the

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    The Civil Right Movement was successful because it ended segregation. First‚ Ruby was born in Tylertown‚Mississippi on September 8th 1954. “Ruby Bridges” was the first African American girl being escorted by United States to attend an all American white school. Tulane University Presented Bridges with honorary degree in 2012. Ruby was born to sharecroppers Aborn and Lucille Bridges.Ruby parents decided to move the family to New Orleans in 1958 when Ruby was 4 years old. Next‚ “Martin Luther

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    Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them‚ they all went on thinking it was okay‚ when it was not morally right. African Americans were treated horribly‚ almost as if they were not human. It was impossible to find any aspect of life unsegregated in the south. The Schools‚ restaurants‚ and even bathrooms were all

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