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    raising a child with (dis)abilities. Brown provides evidence into the ramifications of ableism and the negative socio-cultural construction of (dis) ability‚ on top of‚ the inadequate support available. The compounding oppressions after exposure for an extended period create damaging psychological effects (Mullaly‚ 2007). Many of the economic‚ political‚ and social barriers the Brown’s encounter are due to ableism and an oppressive society (Carniol‚ 2010). This has led to normal but destructive and

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    feedback basically the song was about breaking the ideal concept of a perfect body and saying there is no harm in having weight on. Even though this song was very much loved by many viewers contrary it was somewhat discriminatory by being sexist‚ ableism‚ and also portrayed ageism. This song portrays sexism but in a positive way it is breaking the norms of basic society and stating that anyone can be attractive and also healthy while having weight on that is promoting a healthier life style and saying

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    individual identity is the product of many factors‚ such as individual psychology‚ physical state‚ gender‚ age‚ sexual orientation‚ social class‚ ethnicity and religion. Each of the mentioned factors can declare itself in different forms of oppression: ableism‚ ageism‚ classism‚ sexism‚ religious oppression‚ racism. In the modern society that we call civilized‚ racism appears to be one of the most urgent topics. Nowadays‚ the conception that racial discrimination brought the oppressed people down to a lower

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    Eugenics Eugenics‚ the practice of “improving” the human race by selective breeding‚ is an idea that gained widespread dominance during the late 19th century. In 1883‚ English scientist Francis Galton (1822–1911) coined the word eugenics‚ from the Greek word eugenes‚ meaning “well-born” or “hereditarily endowed with noble qualities” (Door‚ 2018). As the father of eugenics‚ Galton crafted the concept based on Gregor Mendel’s laws of heredity and created a positive and negative eugenics system. Worldwide

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    Social workers are supposed to be there to practice an anti-oppressive framework‚ but most of the time social workers use a medical model and view an impairment as a serve limitation that impacts a person’s life dramatically. They are taught through many different theories on how to engage with clients who are every day people‚ social workers are the one who are alleged to provide services and assistants to individuals in need or struggle with a crisis situations. Unfortunately‚ that is not the case

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    Topic: Mia Mingus in her article “Changing the Framework: Disability Justice‚ How our communities can move beyond access to wholeness” advocates how the issue with society in regards to the treatment of the disabled community is not just about access‚ but also about understandment. She calls for her audience to question the stigma of disability and move to an integrated society. A society united with interdependence within various communities to be part of a collective disability justice movement

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    Oppression is a significant issue that has been growing in discourse as of late. As time progresses‚ the way people are treated and the opinions they hold change. When there is a group of people who have their rights changed‚ it will cause other groups to believe they are being cheated out of chances the privileges those people are allowed access to. While this may be accurate in rare cases‚ it is also difficult to argue strongly on the side of the people who have been‚ and still are considered

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    Week7 1. Why is it important to presume competence in educational settings? Discuss with regards to the social relational understanding of disability (in particular‚ barriers to doing and barriers to being). It is important to presume every child is competence in educational settings‚ such positive attitude are necessary for educator to facilitate inclusion (Biklen & Burke‚ 2006). The notion of presuming competence viewing ‘disability’ from the perspective of social relational understanding of disability

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    lives‚ similar to Sophie‚ as they were forced to leave their homes and start a new life from nothing. Both cases show how lives change when a family is forced to flee into hiding. Both utopia and segregation are polar opposite concepts. Hence‚ the ableism in the town of Waknuk creates a dystopian society. In Waknuk it is believed that the devil is the father of deviation‚ and the norm is the will of god. This belief drives the “normal people” to expel other beings that are born with deviations; the

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    possibly tmi wall of text about health‚ academic institutions‚ and ableism incoming: For the past 5 years‚ I’ve been inexplicably physically fatigued‚ which has had exorbitant consequences in every facet of my life‚ most prominently‚ in academics. In high school‚ I was always one more overslept class away from being kicked out‚ and at the beginning of every term‚ I was placed on disciplinary restriction for weeks on end. I’ve seen an endless parade of doctors‚ mental health professionals‚ been

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