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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Ageing and Disability Worksheet ETH/125 September 2013 Constance Dolecki Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1 The older generations often time experience unequal treatment in the workplace and are subject to prejudice and discrimination. (Pearson‚ 2012) 2 Older members of society share physical differences that set them apart from the younger generations. (Pearson‚ 2012) 3 The aging population are involuntary included into clubs or groups determined by their
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are people with disabilities. What is a disability? I used to think that a disability was just someone in a wheel chair or someone that was mentally retarded. According to the dictionary‚ a disability is 1. The condition of being disabled; incapacity. 2. Something that disable; handicap. 3. A disadvantage or deficiency‚ especially a physical or mental impairment that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area. Whether you were born with a disability or you become disabled
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social causes (Swenson). Social causes include poverty and disability in developing countries. The world’s poor are more likely to develop a disability within their lifetime however they are not able to be provided medical care and proper medical translation as opposed to the more financially privileged. Understanding organizations such as the Red Cross‚ Wheels for the World and World Institute on Disability helps to acknowledge disability and poverty in the different ways organizations approach the
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1. Describe in detail what you know about the causes of disabilities prior to reading the homework assignment. (10 pts) There are many reasons why a person could have a disability. Some babies are born with different types of disabilities. They could be Down syndrome‚ Turners syndrome‚ Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder‚ and Fragile X syndrome or many more intellectual disabilities (ID) that a child could be born with. I believe that the I read the top three major causes of ID are Down syndrome‚ Fragile
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Personal distress and disability When determining whether behavior is abnormal or not we can consider whether it violates social norms or it makes people observing it feel threatened or distressed. Personal suffering can be used to explain if a person has some form of abnormal behavior. Disability is defined as whether a person impaired in some important aspects of their life‚ for example‚ work‚ relationships and so on. This can be defined as abnormal as well. Behavior can be considered
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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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Learning Needs – Learning needs have a huge effect on a child’s development. A learning disability affects the way a person learns new things in any area of life‚ not just at school. It affects how they understand information and how they communicate. A child with a general learning disability finds it more difficult to learn‚ understand and do things compared to other children of the same age. The degree of disability may vary greatly from some children who cannot or are unable to speak and will need
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Relations Act 1976‚ the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and three major statutory instruments protecting discrimination in employment on grounds of religion or belief‚ sexual orientation and age. This legislation has the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatment Directives‚ whose provisions it mirrors and implements.[1] It requires equal treatment in access to employment as well as private and public services‚ regardless of the protected characteristics of age‚ disability‚ gender reassignment
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When you hear the word "disabled"‚ you think someone who can’t function properly. Technically‚ you would be correct. A disability is any type of condition that makes it harder for someone to try and function in the world like other people do. It can be physical‚ mental‚ or educational. Disability rights didn’t always exist though. Ever since the 19th century‚ there were tons of problems and arguments before the U.S. finally made their decision about how to treat such a subject. I still don’t think
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