Being a severely disabled writer is quite a challenge. For one thing‚ I have very little use of my hands. I type with a typing wand‚ or as I like to call it‚ a headstick. "Typing wand" makes me sound like a nerdy magician. Some handicapped people use chin pointers to type. Others use programs such as Dragon Naturally Speaking to dictate to the computer. Technology has developed to the point where you can actually move a mouse by simply moving your head. A laser dot is placed on your forehead and
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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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and noticeable phenomenon. Homeless veterans began to come to the attention of the public at the same time. News accounts chronicled the plight of veterans who had served their country but were living (and dying) on the streets. The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates about 250‚000 veterans are homeless on any given night. (2012‚ pg. 4) My research will examine how homelessness is impacting our veterans and what interventions are available to homeless veterans. Introduction Whether it is wartime
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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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ANIMAL AS ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED ___________ A Library Research Presented to Dr. Ronnie D. Soriano Associate Professor Language and Literature Studies Department Ateneo de Naga University ___________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Mid-term Requirements in English 2: Writing in the Discipline By Rosemarie M. Avila N7 February 2013 The companion relationship notion that animals enhance the lives of disable individual has become a widespread
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performed on the disabled. Doctors performed erroneous and absurd tests such as Lobotomy where the surgeon would blindly mutilate the prefrontal lobe of the brain. This test was extremely dangerous and ineffective (Freeman). However other studies such as electroshock therapy has proved to be beneficial to patients suffering from mental illness. This was the beginning of a new era of technological advancements and therapies which were improving with every experiment.“The use of certain treatments
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Running head: VETERANS DISCRIMINATION 1 Discrimination: Veterans in the Workplace xxxxxxxxxxx National University HRM-439 Professor xxxxxxxxxxxx 23 December 2013 VETERANS DISCRIMINATION 2 Abstract Discrimination against veterans and those who serve in the reserve forces of the United
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Difference of Vietnam Veterans There were approximately 536‚100 American soldiers that fought in the Vietnam War‚ and about 58‚220 were killed (Estimated n. pag.); this meant that there were many veterans of the war. The war in Vietnam was different than most‚ not because of the way it was fought or what it was fought over‚ it was different because of the veterans. The war created many Vietnamese veterans‚ and they were different than those of almost every other war. They were different in almost
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Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder is a common problem in for veterans returning from war all over the world. It can often be misdiagnosed as a traumatic brain injury or overlooked altogether because of the similarities in their symptoms. This article defines what post-traumatic stress disorder is as according to the Diagnostic Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders‚ its correlation with insomnia and nightmares‚ traumatic brain injuries and heart rate conditions‚ and it summarizes various treatment
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