Developmental Disabilities can affect many aspects of a person’s life. One aspect that is often overlooked is how having a developmental disability affects a person’s sexuality. According to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act; A Developmental Disability is defined as‚ a severe chronic disability that originated at birth‚ is expected to continue indefinitely‚ and substantially restricts the individual’s functioning in several major life activities (About Developmental
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Name Course Instructor Date of Submission Mental Health Mental disorders are among the common conditions threatening health care today. Most people with mental disorders can‚ however‚ lead productive lives if proper medication is provided. Mental disorders affect the way individuals think‚ feel or act. Just like other illnesses‚ mental disorders have biological and psychological roots (Gazzaniga and Heatherton 23). Many mental disorders such as‚ Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ panic disorder
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discuss the way media shapes the way the public views people with disabilities. Our culture is media driven in the form of movies‚ TV‚ social media‚ advertising and so on. It is important to understand that the images and notions of disability are not always accurate and can be prejudicial or inflammatory. First‚ I will talk about how stereotypes are created and perpetuated largely by people who make assumptions about what it is like to have a disability (Barnes‚ 1992). Telethons are notorious for creating
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3.3 – Explain how disability may affect development Children with a disability may be subjected to prejudice or discrimination at school. They may be bullied or ridiculed by other students which will affect their self-confidence and in turn affect their learning capabilities and development. Disabilities are categorised in different forms i.e. learning or physical. Learning disabilities which affect development could be. Autism; autism is a developmental disability which affects how a person
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Disability in the Media The Inaccurate Representation of the Disabled Population “1 in 4 people that will hit their 20s will become disabled before they get the chance to retire.” (DoSomething.org) This startling fact emphasises the significance of disability in today’s society and how it can potentially impact a person’s life. However‚ the media portrays people with disabilities as outcasts; vulnerable‚ depressed individuals that are inferior to the normal society. By outlining such individuals
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Medical Model of Disability The medical model of disability is one that is primarily concerned with the justification of disability. It sees disability purely as a problem of the individual‚ without any discrimination between the impairment faced and the disability itself. “Any economic or social deprivation encountered by disabled people was located within the individual and their impairment.” (Swain et al.‚ 2003) To put it simply‚ a disabled person is seen as faulty and in need of fixing or curing
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issue of disability in sport via a literature review; to establish how gender is presented as it intersects with disability; to examine the role of media in sport for disabled; to interview professional tennis players; and to draw a conclusion and give recommendations. In-depth qualitative interviews were used to encourage female disabled athletes to talk about their lives and sport; all of them were professional tennis players. The interviews helped to explore how gender and disability intersect
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Thesis Statement: Mainstreaming children with disabilities is not the most beneficial educational tool‚ because it inhibits their intellectual and educational growth. I. Pros of mainstreaming a. Social Climate b. Exposure to diversity c. Inspire and challenge the disabled children to excel d. Average students benefit II. Cons of Mainstreaming a. Unqualified teachers b. The child may not get the attention c. Larger student-to-teacher ratio d. May not be able to keep up with the fast
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Learning disabilities come in a wide spread variety. There are many characteristics that can help determine what specifically the child’s learning disability pertains to. Cognitively speaking‚ children can have attention‚ perception‚ memory‚ or information processing learning disabilities (Friend‚ 2011). Children that have are diagnosed with an attention learning disability tends to have trouble trying to focus on the task at hand because of the other surrounding noises and distractions may be too
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A child who isn’t comfortable in a classroom with a lot of other people may disengage from learning there. Not only does the presence of many people provide a great number of distractions‚ but the child may also drift off into his/her own dream world instead of keeping track of what is going on. Many children with an ASD have attention deficits and are easily distracted. Whether distractions caused by other children in the class‚ or by the flickering of fluorescent strip lights‚ once attention is
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