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    Disability under the Americans with disability Act(ADA) can be defined as (1) “physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (2) a record of such impairment; and (3) a perception of such of such impairment” (Swanson‚ 2016‚ p.374). Reasonable accommodations can be defined as: “employer may tell applicants what the selection process consists of and whether they will need a reasonable accommodation by the employer. Examples of selection accommodations include

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    on how people experience ill-health and disability than biological ones. Discuss The author of this assignment will look at societal factors and see if they have an impact on how people experience ill-health and disability aswell as looking at the biological factors. Academics often argue that societal factors have a much greater impact on things such as; the area you live in and how long life expectancy in that area is. Sociologist often see disability and ill-health as socially constructed whereas

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    Today‚ more than 60 million people in the United States‚ approximately one in five‚ have some type of disability (The Equal Rights Center. n.d.). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. In general‚ a physical or mental impairment includes hearing‚ mobility and visual impairments‚ chronic alcoholism‚ chronic mental illness‚ AIDS‚ AIDS Related Complex‚

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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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    Journal of Learning Disabilities Juliana M. Taymans and Sagnaka Kosaraju both journalist believe that if the instructors attempt to further their education it will enhance their literacy skills and improve employment opportunities for adults with learning disabilities. Only 5% full time and 12% part time instructors in the adult basic programs have a certification in special education. (Tamassia et al‚ 2007). They feel educators in the ABE program need adequate information for different strategies

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    LD201 Understand the Context of Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities? The human rights act allows individuals with learning disabilities the right to equal chances when it comes to jobs this will promote inclusion and will also make the individual feel like they’re included and valued as a member of the community‚ the

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    Assisting Sport for Disabilities Disability Identification Due to the Paralympics being held in London in 2012 the British public were treated to a media extravaganza. With the fantastic live coverage that was available‚ we not only got to witness a fantastic spectacle where competitors would compete to a very high level‚ we also got to see behind the scenes footage of how the athletes live with their personal disability in their day to day lives. These high profile athletes brought awareness

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    gave rise to disability rights. Disability rights groups argued that the problem lay with way society respond to people with disabilities. Disability group took actions against institutional discrimination‚ poor access‚ social environments and inequalities. In 1945‚ many disabled people were killed. Also many people were isolated and sterilised. The Disability Employment Act‚ (1944)‚ is to provide shelter‚ employment and jobs for disabled people. A Social and Medical models of disability established

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    understood for someone that can’t speak for them. My paper will define advocacy and how human service professionals utilized the term. I will discuss how advocacy is used in the disability population‚ and issues within the population. I will further discuss a good recommendation that will hopefully help a individual with a disability. In conclusion based on all the information I gather‚ and my own personal experiences‚ I will come up with good sound decisions to assist those in other diverse population

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    exclusion of individuals with learning disabilities. The Equalities Act of 2010 combines 116 different legislations to provide a legal framework the purpose of which is to protect the rights of individuals. It simplifies past legislation providing the UK with a law that protects individuals from discrimination and make society equal. Merged legislations are: The Equal Pay Act 1970 The Sex discrimination Act 1975 The Race Relations Act 1976 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Employment

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