UNIT 34: UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL DISABILITY – LEARNING OUTCOME 2 2.1 Define the term “physical disability” Physical disability pertains to total or partial loss of a person’s bodily functions (e.g. walking‚ gross motor skills‚ bladder control etc) and total or partial loss of a part of the body (e.g. a person with an amputation). Simply stated‚ a physical disability is any type of physical condition that significantly impacts one or more major life activities. That is a pretty broad definition‚ but the
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Possible Products to use Sandvox is a website and blog creation tool. The end-user does not need to have any knowledge of web languages in order to effectively use the product. The features of Sandvox include: Easy and flexible website creation Pre-designed templates bundled with the download An iLife media browser Drag and drop support for media files Blogging Podcasting One-click publishing to most webservers after some initial setup. Direct one-click publishing
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Physical Disability Understand the importance of differentiating between the individual and the disability 1.1 Explain the importance of recognising the centrality of the individual rather than the disability It is important you recognise the individuality of the person to help boost their confidence and self-esteem and make sure you aren’t labelling them. If you were to label them you would forget their individuality and start thinking they cant do something because of their disability.
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Multiple regression‚ a time-honored technique going back to Pearson’s 1908 use of it‚ is employed to account for (predict) the variance in an interval dependent‚ based on linear combinations of interval‚ dichotomous‚ or dummy independent variables. Multiple regression can establish that a set of independent variables explains a proportion of the variance in a dependent variable at a significant level (through a significance test of R2)‚ and can establish the relative predictive importance
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The unemployment rate in 2012 for people with disabilities was more than 1 in 10 (13.9%) compared to less than 1 in 10 (6.0%) for those without disabilities. Therefore‚ people with disabilities should be treated more equally. People with disabilities should be treated with more respect‚ because of how they were treated in the past‚ their disabilities you can see and cannot see‚ and barriers the disabled face. Throughout history the treatment of the disabled has been evolving. In the 1800’s
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People with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in the nation’s prisons and jails today. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that fully 1 in 5 prison inmates have a serious mental illness (Vallas‚ 2016). As a result of this increase in population‚ these facilities are inadequately funded and staffed to provide mental health treatment to prisoners who are sentenced as a result of their mental illnesses (Gilna‚ 2016). North Carolina is one state that is addressing this issue. In 2014
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Learning Disability Definitions Carolyn Stacey Introduction This article addresses the components of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004) and The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (1981) definitions of Learning Disabilities. Their similarities and differences in terms of their impact on identification and program development for students ‚ the Canadian definition perspective as well as the inclusion of studying tips for special needs students is explored
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Studying the Equality of Condition In his book “democracy in America”‚ Alexis de Tocqueville provides a thorough study of the equality of condition as a distinctive feature of the democratic America and discusses some of the consequences it might have. He begins his writing by introducing the reader that during his stay in America the equality of condition struck his attention the most. In America‚ the democracy has reached another level that has never been seen before or experienced in any of
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Learning Disabilities Assignment 1. Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities One of the main causes of discrimination is the fear and lack of understanding of others because they are different. In order to prevent discrimination it is important to value people and treat them differently in order to meet their different needs. The legislation and policies that are designed
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973‚ and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004‚ on the Education of Children with Disabilities Abstract Education is regarded as a fundamental right in the United States. Up until the 1970’s‚ however‚ children with disabilities were being denied this right. Congress passed landmark legislation to redress this injustice‚ beginning with the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973‚ and culminating with the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. These new
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