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    Studying with Studying with Everyone has a right to education regardless of their disability! Everyone has a right to education regardless of their disability! A Disability A Disability Under the equality act 2010 Education providers must make reasonable adjustments and changes to areas such as practices‚ procedure and physical features as well as providing extra support

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    There are many ways that we as practitioners can support a child with a disability for example if a child needed speech or language therapy there are trained professionals that can help. If you work within this field you will be working with children with a language delay‚ a specific language impairment‚ specific difficulties in producing sounds‚ cleft palate‚ stammering‚ dyslexia‚ voice disorders‚ selective mutism etc. It is important to offer a variety staff of different genders‚ race‚ religion

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    Who do you think of when you hear the word “disabled” or “disability”? Those in a wheelchair or the blind? While they are both accurate‚ some people have an invisible disability. Whether someone has a mental‚ physical‚ or invisible disability‚ a common trait is shared among them: discrimination. Work places. schools‚ or even on the streets‚ the disables are not treated equally. It is important to learn and understand why the discrimination of the disabled is still occurring in the twenty-first century

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    Summary: Students with learning disabilities have always been present in our school settings. Unfortunately for many‚ many years it was an "invisible condition" that was not supported by educators and parents. No doubt little was known about why a child had a reading disability‚ now known as being dyslexic; or a writing disability now labeled dysgraphic. Many children even suffered from dyscalculia‚ a math disability. But think about the many years of frustration and embarrassment so many students

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    In nineteen ninety Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. This act was established in order to eliminate discrimination of people with disabilities and to break down barriers in society that limits the freedom a disabled person. According to Section 2 Subsection A part one‚ "some 43‚000‚000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities‚ and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older." As the number suggests there are a lot of people that would

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    Abilities of People With Disabilities Chris Moore Assumption: A person with mental retardation cannot be trained to perform a job as well as an employee without a disability. Fact: Over two thirds of Pizza Hut employees have mental retardation. The average turnover rate (the rate at which workers quit) of these employees is a modest twenty percent compared to a one hundred and fifty percent turnover of employees without disabilities. It is this kind of thinking that limits the ability of people

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    Associate Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Health 2. Income 3. Ageism Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is the prejudice and discrimination against the elderly. (pg. 395 racial and ethnic groups) Society view the elderly as disease and

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    Ageing and Disability Worksheet ETH/125 September 2013 Constance Dolecki Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1 The older generations often time experience unequal treatment in the workplace and are subject to prejudice and discrimination. (Pearson‚ 2012) 2 Older members of society share physical differences that set them apart from the younger generations. (Pearson‚ 2012) 3 The aging population are involuntary included into clubs or groups determined by their

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    Learning Disabilities I believe that of the millions of young children who are diagnosed with a learning disability‚ only a few receive the full scope of assistance that they need in order to grow and succeed. Despite the advances our society has made when it comes to special education and offering resources to special needs children‚ I still believe that society is falling short of operating at its greatest potential to aid those with learning disabilities. I also feel that our culture devalues

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    Associate Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Physical hardships 2. Unequal treatment 3. Married to other elderly Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is a discrimination against people who are older. Ageism influence the presence of diversity in society can happen

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