Rights and reality Disabled people’s experiences of accessing goods and services Eleanor Gore and Guy Parckar‚ 2010 Contents Contents 3 Executive Summary 4 Introduction 4 Key findings 4 Recommendations 8 Chapter 1 – Introduction and background 11 Background 11 Inaccessibility‚ disability poverty and social exclusion 12 Definitions 14 The current system 15 The Equality Act 17 Chapter 2 – Findings of our research 20 About
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Treatment of Disabled People in America “Of course‚ she didn’t believe me. It was like I didn’t speak at all‚” Tenney‚ who is hard of hearing is just another person who has gone through a series of professionals through her life and had received less than adequate care. On her post about how “experts” treated her and others she say people will say‚ “Well‚ I worked with disabled people all my life‚ I know better what they need than disabled people themselves!” and generally treat disabled people as
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The dictionary meaning of disabled is having a physical or mental condition that limits movement‚ senses or activity. In Wilfred Owen’s poem Disabled through imagery‚ irony‚ tone‚ similes and contrasting the life of a soldier before and after war‚ Owen shows what it is like to be disabled by war. Owen uses imagery to help the reader picture the soldiers life post World War I. “legless sewn short at elbow” and “his back will never brace” help to demonstrate a clear understanding of how the soldier
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Wilfred Owen and Movie Gallipoli When you hear ‘death’ you think of pain and suffering. The poem Disabled by Wilfred Owen shows that he regrets some major decisions he made in his very short life; such as going to war. Throughout the poem he states how much he regret going to war. He used lots of terms to describe his pain and suffering in the war and also after coming home from the war. How he is against all wars. He informs young men on how the war really is. Another source I looked at was the
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chapter—those by Keller‚ Slackjaw‚ and Kleege. Is it possible for disabled people to experience a double consciousness parallel to that described by Du Bois? Using at least one of the works suggested write an essay exploring areas where the writer may be evincing a sort of double-consciousness. To what extent is he or she aware of that double-consciousness and participating in its critique? Double-consciousness of the Disabled Double-consciousness represents‚ as Du Bois defines it (1903);
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based on the media interpretation. Disabled people are poorly represented. As a result‚ society is fed certain stereotypes on those with disabilities; these stereotypes in turn have led to debate on whether it matches the reality. Chapter 13 (Representations of People with Disabilities) assessed how the representations of disabled people has changed over the years‚ and the reasons behind it‚ which could relate to the negative or positive image society has given disabled people and even how the media has
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IGSCE Chemistry Notes Oxides Oxides are used to determine whether an element is a metal or a non-metal. Most non-metals are classed as acidic oxides. While most metals are classed as basicoxides. Acidic Oxides * Reacts with water to form acids * Neutralises alkaline solution to form salt + water Basic Oxides * Neutralises acidic solutions to form salt + water Amphoeteric Oxides * These are non-metals which display both acidic and basic properties Alkaline Oxides * Reacts
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Physical and Sensory Disability Strategy and Action Plan 2012 – 2015 February 2012 List of Contents Foreword Executive Summary 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 Page No Vision and Values ...................................................................................8 Prevalence and Need ............................................................................ 18 Promoting Positive Health‚ Wellbeing and Early Intervention .......... 37 Providing Better Services to Support Independent
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Edexcel IGCSE Maths 2 Answers to activities and exercises Unit 1 NUMBER 11 ACTIVITY 1 Time (h) Speed (km/h) 1 160 2 80 4 40 6 26.7 7 22.9 8 20 EXERCISE 1 1 a 4 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 a a a a a a a 28 days 8 men 12 people 60 years 40 000 men 12 hours 32 km/litre b 2 days b b b b b b b 6 days 16 men 8 people 15 years 20 000 men 72 km/h 20 litres c 2 c c c c c 2 days 3 4.8 days 32 men 6 people 1200 years 400 men EXERCISE 1* 1 a Number of light bulbs (N) 6 5 2 30 b 3000 = NP 2 a Number of
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EXAMINERER TIPS for IGCSE History 0470 Good revision is not just learning your history but also how you use it to get the best grade you can. General advice Preparing to get a good grade begins as soon as you start your IGCSE course. You can prepare by: • finding out what you need to know. • organising your notes. Make a list of the topics studied under the headings ‘Core content’ and ‘Depth or Nineteenth/Twentieth Century Studies’. • knowing how your IGCSE papers are structured and practising past
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