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    still do not care for our veterans well enough c. Preview: Today I will tell you how veterans suffer from Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and cant get help‚ how veterans are homeless and why they are ‚ and finally I will look at this from a soldiers point of view Body A. PTSD a. According to National Institute of Health ‚ “ as much as 20 percent of Iraq war veterans suffer from PTSD” b. As you can see thats nearly a quarter of all veteran that went to Iraq have PTSD

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    To the public’s eye‚ veterans returning home must be overwhelmed with joy to be out of danger and put back into the world they once knew. But are they? Veterans returning home from combat experience are faced with the difficult task of coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its side effects‚ because of their experiences in combat. In Lousie Erdrich’s‚ “The Red Convertible” and Wilfred Owen’s‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est” we can see how and why a returning veteran‚ such as Henry‚ would

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    Assistive technology is very helpful for disabled people. Assistive technology is any piece of equipment or product that is used to increase‚ maintain‚ or improve a child with disabilities. With more technology coming out‚ Assistive technology is improving. There are many types of assistive technology and is more available for disabled people. It could be as simple as a stress ball or sticky notes‚ to a fancy computer program that helps people read and write. Sometimes teachers have assistive technology

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    A Comparison Between “Out‚ Out” by Robert Frost and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen   “Out‚ out‚ brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow‚ a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage‚ and then is heard no more”. Undeniably this bittersweet reference from Shakespeare’s Macbeth that illustrates the image of a wavering candle light that is fragile and brief also brings to mind the spirit of life‚ which at the same time is also brief in addition to easily snatched away. “Out‚ out" is a

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    Cause/ Effect Journal: Horace Whaley According to statistics it is estimated that one in twenty of the surviving World War II veterans suffer from some level of post-traumatic stress disorder. Also known as PTSD‚ it occurs when one experiences a tragic‚ petrifying moment. War veterans suffer from this condition all the time. There are many ways to treat post-traumatic stress disorder‚ but not to completely get rid of it. Some treatments consist of medication‚ stress management classes‚ as well as

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    People can see an ocean vast difference between veteran students and people who recently graduated from high school. For the most part‚ high school students count as a majority of the regular students in college. In this essay‚ regular students stands for high school graduates. Some of the major differences lie within work ethic‚ attention to detail‚ maturity‚ and attitude. In relation to work ethics‚ vets seem to produce people who work harder. Veterans try to finish things either early or try to

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    conditions prevent veterans from getting jobs and that unemployment prevents veterans from seeking help. Employers prefer not to take the risk of hiring a person that could snap at any moment. As a result‚ many veterans with mental conditions do not have jobs. The few veterans who are able to obtain employment are very cautious about everything they do to make sure they don’t loose that job. Gary Richard commented that one reason unemployment is such a problem is that veterans are “scared to death

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    Zealand war veterans. Between 1964-1972‚ there was about 4‚000 young New Zealanders who had volunteered to service in Vietnam‚ they were wanting to get out into the world and do something exciting but the thrills of war were soon replaced by the gruesome reality. Things got worse when they finally returned home as they came to face an angry public and were told to get out of their uniform quickly and not to tell anyone where they had been. The full impact of the Vietnam war on the veterans took years

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    Organizational Analysis The structure of the VA includes different divisions‚ from the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Each one of the divisions has a different job in which it oversees throughout the organization. Their central offices are predominantly in Washington D.C.‚ although they do have some in Colorado‚ Texas‚ and Maryland. This does not include the many VA Medical Centers‚ Outpatient Clinics‚ Vet Centers‚ and Benefit Offices scattered

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    O’Brien’s semi-autobiographical novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ illustrates the trauma and horrors veterans face during war‚ especially during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War ushered in a new era of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder‚ but unlike the veterans of wars before‚ there has been more research to help those suffering from the mental disability. O’Brien‚ like many veterans‚ uses writing as a medium to help ease the pain of the trauma he has suffered through the war. In

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