FRAMEWORK IN KENYA ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES INTERNATIONAL LAWS Under The Constitution of Kenya‚ article 2(5) and (6)‚ treaties and rules of international law are part of Kenyan Law. This essentially means that even without domesticating some of the treaties their obligations apply directly to Kenya. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first treaty that protected children rights. It guiding principles have a direct impact to children with disabilities. These include; non-discrimination
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The unemployment rate in 2012 for people with disabilities was more than 1 in 10 (13.9%) compared to less than 1 in 10 (6.0%) for those without disabilities. Therefore‚ people with disabilities should be treated more equally. People with disabilities should be treated with more respect‚ because of how they were treated in the past‚ their disabilities you can see and cannot see‚ and barriers the disabled face. Throughout history the treatment of the disabled has been evolving. In the 1800’s
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1. Describe in detail what you know about the causes of disabilities prior to reading the homework assignment. (10 pts) There are many reasons why a person could have a disability. Some babies are born with different types of disabilities. They could be Down syndrome‚ Turners syndrome‚ Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder‚ and Fragile X syndrome or many more intellectual disabilities (ID) that a child could be born with. I believe that the I read the top three major causes of ID are Down syndrome‚ Fragile
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way media shapes the way the public views people with disabilities. Our culture is media driven in the form of movies‚ TV‚ social media‚ advertising and so on. It is important to understand that the images and notions of disability are not always accurate and can be prejudicial or inflammatory. First‚ I will talk about how stereotypes are created and perpetuated largely by people who make assumptions about what it is like to have a disability (Barnes‚ 1992). Telethons are notorious for creating stereotypes
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performed by athletes despite their disabilities. Unfortunately‚ the athletes and the disabled population comes off worse due to negative stereotypes created by segregation‚ lack of funding due to the Paralympics and being separated by social borders. These issues have been brought to the spot light by Keith Storey. Segregation in sport is used to create a fair playing field by separating athletes based on age‚ gender and disability. However‚ athletes with disability come of worse from segregation as
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Relations Act 1976‚ the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and three major statutory instruments protecting discrimination in employment on grounds of religion or belief‚ sexual orientation and age. This legislation has the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatment Directives‚ whose provisions it mirrors and implements.[1] It requires equal treatment in access to employment as well as private and public services‚ regardless of the protected characteristics of age‚ disability‚ gender reassignment
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social causes (Swenson). Social causes include poverty and disability in developing countries. The world’s poor are more likely to develop a disability within their lifetime however they are not able to be provided medical care and proper medical translation as opposed to the more financially privileged. Understanding organizations such as the Red Cross‚ Wheels for the World and World Institute on Disability helps to acknowledge disability and poverty in the different ways organizations approach the
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with disability is of the highest priority for the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (Mulligan ‚ Sept 2011). Who frequently filter the results of research and examination in order for general and special educators to connect the “evidence based practices” regarding educating students with disabilities (Mulligan ‚ Sept 2011). Modifications and Accommodations are a vital part of planning and preparing educational plan for students. Many students with a disability may
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feel reflect some of the contrasting models of disability which we have looked at in Units 1-4 of the course materials (E214‚ The Open University‚ 2010). The first resource comes from the National Autistic Society’s website and the second comes from the national newspaper The Guardian. The first resource (Appendix A) is an information page entitled ‘What is Asperger Syndrome’ and particularly focusses on the medical/deficit model of disability‚ a model which involves identifying symptoms‚ diagnosing
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still healing. I contacted UAB’s Disability Support Services (DSS) and set up an Intake Interview and an Accommodations Conference. It seemed weird to be considered “disabled” after so many years of just being a normal kid. I also feel bad being categorized as disabled because it is only a temporary thing for me; once my bones heal I’ll be back to normal. Getting to the point of surgery was quite a process. It took 5 years for my parents and I to find the right orthopedic surgeon for me. My condition
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