FORREST GUMP Disability refers to the social effects of physical‚ emotional‚ or mental impairment. Disabled people are human‚ just like us.Thus‚ they should be treated like us. They should not be punished for their disability‚and shouldn’t been treated unfairly. Nobody in this world likes to be alone or ignored. Also‚ no one likes to feel unacceptable or stupid. When we live in a world where everyone refuses or ignores us‚ we will do things that we never thought we would do. In the
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Autism is defined as a learning disorder of the brain that often affects learning and the way a person thinks. Most cases of autism are detected in children at a young age‚ most commonly around the two to three year mark. Children with autism often have problems developing cognitively‚ thinking in a traditional way‚ and in some cases‚ stomach problems. Statistically‚ autism is more prevalent in boys than in girls. Where one in forty two American boys are diagnosed with the condition‚ only one in
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a United States federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention‚ special education‚ and related services to children with disabilities. It addresses the educational needs of children with disabilities from birth to age 18 or 21 in cases that involve 14 specified categories of disability. * The IDEA is "spending clause" legislation‚ meaning that it only
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Adults with development disabilities in nursing homes are living longer and have been taken as a living part of our community. They may possess a variety of developmental health disabilities which can be seen in any healthcare settings especially in nursing homes. Therefore‚ there is the need to provide occupational therapy to adults who have developmental disabilities. They need occupational therapists who promote health and participation of people‚ populations and organizations through engagement
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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in employment‚ State and local government services‚ public accommodations‚ commercial facilities‚ and transportation. It also mandates the establishment of TDD/telephone relay services. The current text of the ADA includes changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-325)‚ which became effective on January 1‚ 2009. The ADA was originally enacted in public
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Autism or Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are both general terms for a group of complex disorder of brain development. Genome is the genetics material of an organism. It includes DNA or RNA both genes and the non-protein-coding information of the DNA or RNA. Autism specturm disorder (ASD) is a group of developmental disabilities that can cause social‚ communicational and behavioral challenges. Scientists and Committees continue to search for factor that cause children at risk for ASD and possible
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Disability experience and reflective journal: We are assigned to do this assignment by Dr.Shaima yasin. At the beginning we were taught about the instructions on how to do this assignment. We are going to use Gibbs reflective cycle to show our disability experience and reflective journal that we had in the campus. In the beginning of this experiment‚ we went to get the wheelchair that we are going to use. we took ourselves on a tour around the campus‚ we started from the classrooms in our faculty
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our bodies‚ and all it can really accomplish? Well‚ I have never really given it any thought until I enrolled in this class. I have learned so far there many philosophies concerning disability. Tobin Siebers an English professor in disability studies who departed from this earth on January 20th 2015‚ he said “Disability creates theories of embodiment more complex than the ideology of ability allows‚ and these many embodiments are each crucial to the understanding of humanity and its variations‚ whether
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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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myself into life: a guttering candle in a mound of melted wax‚ or a bruised pear‚ ripe beyond palatability‚ ready for the compost heap” (Mairs). Nancy Mairs is a shining example of how mentally strong and passionate a person with an extreme physical disability can be. She refuses to indulge in the societies way of feeling sorry for those who are unfortunate‚ as in her case. Mairs is an independent individualist who refuses to seek refuge for her "crippled" body. She is accompanied by a just as strong
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