CONCEPT PAPER ON DISABILITY PENSION State measures which intend to address needs of 15% of its citizens who have disabilities include the PWD Card (for 20% discounts on medicines‚ medical services‚ etc.) and Disability Pensions from the Government Insurance Service System (GSIS). However‚ these are largely limited and ineffective because the discounts can only be availed of by non-poor PWDs (who are the only ones who can afford to buy medicine‚ go to the hospital‚ or eat in a restaurant in the
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2006 Living with a Disability Living in today’s society with the diverse cultures and world controversy is a challenge in itself‚ but imagine living each day unable to carry out normal daily functions without a challenge. I chose to this topic because of my own personal ignorance. Three years ago the word disability would have been just another word. I would not have given another thought to seeing someone in a wheelchair‚ a walker or even one with a mental disability. Yes‚ I had compassion
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Disability‚ a word that has the power to mean a variety of things to many different people‚ depending on the context. To some people‚ having a disability strictly possessing a physical impairment. To others‚ having a disability is something that is rooted much deeper. Around the world‚ disability is viewed in a plethora of different ways. From places seeing disability as something that is rooted in folklore and fables‚ to other places that believe that disability is not something that should even
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issue of disability in sport via a literature review; to establish how gender is presented as it intersects with disability; to examine the role of media in sport for disabled; to interview professional tennis players; and to draw a conclusion and give recommendations. In-depth qualitative interviews were used to encourage female disabled athletes to talk about their lives and sport; all of them were professional tennis players. The interviews helped to explore how gender and disability intersect
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Article Summary Chandler‚ B. J.‚ Brown‚ S. (1998). Sex and relationship dysfunction in neurological disability. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry‚ 65‚ 877-880. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.6 5.6.877 Researchers Chandler and Brown (1988) conducted a study to see the relationship between neurologically disabled individuals and their experienced sexual relationship problems. Primarily focused on dyadic relationships‚ this research further sheds light on service providing for affected individuals
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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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Analysis of “Disability” Nancy Mairs’ “Disability” is a short story from Carnal Acts that describes how Nancy Mairs‚ the speaker of the short story‚ studies the media’s view on disabilities. She is a victim of multiple sclerosis and feels inferior to everyone because she has a disability. The audience knows how she feels about this; she feels that handicapped people should be treated equally. She knows that she is not alone‚ but she feels like she isn’t accepted by everyone. This short story depicts
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Learning Disabilities Assignment 1. Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities One of the main causes of discrimination is the fear and lack of understanding of others because they are different. In order to prevent discrimination it is important to value people and treat them differently in order to meet their different needs. The legislation and policies that are designed
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Medical Model of Disability The medical model of disability is one that is primarily concerned with the justification of disability. It sees disability purely as a problem of the individual‚ without any discrimination between the impairment faced and the disability itself. “Any economic or social deprivation encountered by disabled people was located within the individual and their impairment.” (Swain et al.‚ 2003) To put it simply‚ a disabled person is seen as faulty and in need of fixing or curing
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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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