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    Students have been deprived of the educational rights for several years. Since the early 1900’s students were rejected for their different race‚ ethnicity‚ or capabilities. For the students who had any disability‚ they were sent off to intuitions away from others decreasing their learning abilities and others who were undiagnosed were prevented from having a successful educational experience. However‚ in 1979 a law was passed IDEA called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act providing states

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    Disabilities Candace Calder Grand Canyon University: SPE 226 October 20‚ 2014 Disabilities As our understanding of learning‚ biology‚ and psychology progresses‚ our awareness increases of the prevalence and diversity of learning disabilities. Intellectual disabilities present unique challenges. Autism and spectrum disorders are only now being differentiated. Further‚ severe and multiple disability situations present their own opportunities and issues. It is only through understanding the

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    Exceptional children are children who are either exceptionally gifted or children with exceptional learning disabilities. These are children whose performances are way above the average child or way below the average child. When they perform way above the average child‚ they are called gifted. When they perform way below the average‚ we say they are children with learning disabilities. Like any other child‚ these children with exceptionalities are also a part of our society. Therefore it

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    Stigmatization of Intellectual Disabilities Why are intellectual disabilities stigmatized‚ and why do they continue to persist in the present day? This is a subject that is very dear to me‚ because I have interacted with people affected by these stigmas first hand. When I was in high school‚ I volunteered at a Special Olympics event every fall. Being at this event and working with the athletes really opened my eyes to the realities of the everyday struggles that people affected by these illnesses

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    construction of disability The purpose of this essay is to discuss the social construction of disability in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. I will do this by taking a historical perspective on eugenics and by looking at how disability has been viewed and treated in the past and present. This historical perspective will draw links between eugenics‚ common day stereotypes associated with persons with disabilities and how professionals use their skills to try and cure disability (medical model)

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    How models of disability influence practice. Attitudes towards disability affect the way people think and behave towards disabled people and impact on outcomes for disabled people in the way they are treated and able to participate in society. Social model of disability The social model looks at the barriers erected by society in terms of disabled people being able to access goods and services. It seeks to remove unnecessary barriers which prevent disabled people participating in society‚ accessing

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    Identifying a True Learning Disability – Over Identification Lucella Glazier Western Governors University‚ Salt Lake City‚ Utah October 3‚ 2012 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 3 Purpose/Goal Statement 3 Questions for Research Plan 4 Importance of the Study/Hypothesis 5 Researcher Role/Bias 5 Literature Review Discussion 5 Research Design/Method 8 Participants 8 Instruments 8 Procedure 8 Data Analysis 8 Possible Constraints 9 Summary 9 References 10 Appendices 10

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    Associate Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Nursing home abuse and neglect 2. Commercials are portraying the aging population as helpless‚ and a burden of sorts to the younger generations (www.robinson.gsu.edu/magazine/aging.html) 3. Employers did not want to hire the aging population. They saw them as slow‚ and untrained. Thinking that the younger population would be willing to work faster and for

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    Compare and contrast the terms "disability" and "chronic illness." Compare: Affect people of all ages the very young‚ middle aged‚ and the very old (Hinkle & Cheever‚ 2014‚ p. 131). Found in all ethnic‚ cultural‚ racial‚ and socioeconomic groups (Hinkle & Cheever‚ 2014‚ p. 131). Can be visible or invisible (Hinkle & Cheever‚ 2014‚ p. 131). Federal assistance programs provide financial assistance for health related expenses (Hinkle & Cheever‚ 2014‚ p. 147). May cause activity limitations

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    or postpartum depression suffered from PTSD are no longer validated and insured under the new ACA. While the revisions specifically illustrates the previous examples‚ there is a growing concern whether trauma or disability will also be construed as a pre-existing condition. If disabilities or trauma is to be considered as a pre-existing condition‚ not only would this impact youths‚ but it will impact everyone in America. Charter and for-profit schools will reap the benefits by forcing poor communities

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