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    during childhood cast long shadows into adulthood” (Acheson 1999 p.34). The author will throughout the assignment touch on these issues‚ but in his estimation the effect these issues and particularly education‚ have on children with disabilities especially learning disabilities are the most under researched and under published and for this reason he will develop this initiative. To give us some perspective we must first examine a connotation of poverty‚ a definition. “Persons are beset by poverty when

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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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    would you describe Sally’s Disability to other professionals in your school? When approaching this topic with professionals in my school‚ I would provide them first and foremost with information of what cerebral palsy means. I would educate everyone using PowerPoints‚ YouTube videos‚ and online resources to help them understand the disability. I feel that before you can describe a particular student‚ you have to be able to have the background knowledge about the disability. Now‚ having knowledge about

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    the surgery immobilize me for what could have been an exciting and fun summer‚ it also posed challenges for the start of the school year. I wasn’t sure how I would manage to get around campus while my bones were still healing. I contacted UAB’s Disability Support Services (DSS) and set up an Intake Interview and an Accommodations Conference. It seemed weird to be considered “disabled” after so many years of just being a normal kid. I also feel bad being categorized as disabled because it is only

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    Disabilities Candace Calder Grand Canyon University: SPE 226 October 20‚ 2014 Disabilities As our understanding of learning‚ biology‚ and psychology progresses‚ our awareness increases of the prevalence and diversity of learning disabilities. Intellectual disabilities present unique challenges. Autism and spectrum disorders are only now being differentiated. Further‚ severe and multiple disability situations present their own opportunities and issues. It is only through understanding the

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    synchronisation of messages‚ generally resulting in erratic movement of the muscles. Only the message path between the brain and muscles is affected‚ not the muscles themselves. Early intervention and treatment can reduce the severity of the effects of the disability. Physical General appearance‚ muscle spasms Mobility may need assistance of one or more people Vision Hearing Intellectual Fatigue Communication‚ speech Nutrition : difficulty in

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    Evaluate two models of disability in terms of explaining the concept of disability. Medical model;-- Weaknesses;-- There are many weaknesses of the medical model. One of the weaknesses that I am going to talk about is that in some cases people see the medical model as an insult due to the fact that the model tries to ‘fix’ people with a disability instead of making adjustments and adaptions to environments‚ activities etc… for them. Due to the fact that the medical model is trying to ‘fix’ tem‚ may

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    Discrimination of People with Disabilities The history of discrimination against people with disabilities has been very prevalent throughout the years. People with disabilities were understood to be socially and physically isolated from people without disabilities during the colonization years‚ and many years to come after that. During the settling of the original colonies‚ people with disabilities could not be cared for and were sent back to England majority of the time. When the colonial towns

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    Intellectual Disability Student Population Within‚ at the least‚ the United States‚ we are most familiar with identifying individuals that lack cognitive skills as having “mental retardation‚” but the legal term that is now being used is “intellectual disability.” Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that protects the education of certain disabled children from age 3 up to the age of 21. Under IDEA‚ intellectual disabilities is one of the thirteen categories in which students

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    What are learning disabilities? Learning disabilities‚ or learning disorders‚ are an umbrella term for a wide variety of learning problems. A learning disability is not a problem with intelligence or motivation. Kids with learning disabilities aren’t lazy or dumb. In fact‚ most are just as smart as everyone else. Their brains are simply wired differently. These differences affects how they receive and process information. Simply put‚ children and adults with learning disabilities see‚ hear‚ and

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