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    following the American Civil War and both World Wars‚ with over 58‚000 brave lives sacrificed. But all of the blood‚ sweat‚ and tears our nation shed during those 14 years could have been avoided. I believe that the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War could have been easily prevented‚ and in turn‚ would have saved thousands of U.S. troop lives. The Truman Doctrine was officially passed in March 1947‚ when the President at that time‚ Harry S. Truman‚ announced he would support any other

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    1. Briefly summarize the author’s main argument/thesis statement. Nochlin argues the importance of asking the question‚ “Why have there been no great women artists?” by offering many of it’s implications. She suggests that by simply asking this question we realize how conditioned we’ve been to accept the white Western male viewpoint as the dominant and‚ perhaps‚ even the only accepted viewpoint because it’s the only one we’ve ever known. She continues on to explain how many institutional limitations

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    The Gettysburg Address is still read and significant today because it is the ideals upon which our nation was founded. Lincolns words “government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people” continues to speak for many today. At this time in the middle of the Civil War people were discouraged. Citizens needed something to believe in. In the Gettysburg Address Lincoln described the wonderful things the nation was fighting for. It was a new interpterion of American government and society. It was about

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    relationship with each other. Individuals with disabilities have always been present in society‚ although they experienced exclusion and not recognised as a “normal” person. In terms of sport‚ mentally retarded persons were thought to not understand the rules of the sport and therefore were left out. Physically disabled were thought of not having the ability to participate and therefore they were excluded from sport participation. In earlier times‚ a disability was defined as a person with a physical

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    Developmental Disabilities Amy Giles Axia College of University of Phoenix HHS 325- Health and Human Service in the U.S. David Sainio December 10‚ 2006 Developmental Disabilities Living with disabilities on a daily basis can be more difficult then some realize. Many people who are born with developmental disabilities start their education and therapy at a very young age and there are also those people who have been diagnosed with a disability sometime during their

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    Disabilities in Cambodia Cambodia’s recent turbulent history has left a legacy of high numbers of people with disabilities of all ages and conditions. People with disabilities are one of the most vulnerable groups in the country and are the least likely to be in school. According to one estimate‚ the gap in school participation between people with and without disabilities is twice as high as the gaps associated with rural residence‚ wealth‚ and gender (World Vision 2007). Even though some disabled

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    solve the problem of famine and overpopulation in their country. The purpose of this text is to attack the ignorance of the desperately poor people’s situation of that time‚ as well as making fun of other ideas that people have proposed to solve the big problems in society‚ and people are proposing ludicrous ideas and thinking they are practical. The whole text is written satirically‚ and this begins with a paradox in the title. The title suggests that is proposal is modest‚ and after reading the

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    Learning Disabilities The definition of learning disabilities is as follows: General- Specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language‚ spoken‚ or written‚ that may manifest in an imperfect ability to listen‚ think‚ speak‚ read‚ write‚ spell‚ or to do mathematical calculations including conditions such as perceptual disabilities‚ brain injury‚ minimal brain dysfunction‚ dyslexia‚ and developmental

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    and young people and those with special educational needs. Anyone providing services for children with special needs – health‚ education or social service departments‚ as well as voluntary organisations – must act within the legal framework. Legislation can change at any time and all health‚ education and social care practitioners‚ also Early Years workers‚ should be alert to new Acts and Regulations. There have been many changes to legislation in the UK over recent years which have affected this

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    Safeguarding; Policy All children have the right to grow‚ develop‚ play and learn in an environment there they feel safe and secure‚ which is safeguarded and fee from any type of abuse. All children have the right to be protected from abuse‚ abusers and potential abusers. I will ensure that I am aware of the potential signs of the child abuse. This will ensure me to report and react according to local authority guidelines to protect the child and their welfare. Support will be offered where

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