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    to meet the individual’s needs. Explain how inclusive practice promotes equality and supports diversity. Assistive technology (AT) can help disabled people to perform functions that they couldn’t otherwise do‚ such as electric wheelchairs‚ voice recognition on their computer for mobility and communicating. Speech therapists can support children with cerebral palsy for example or other conditions that cause difficulty with speech. Health professionals will help children with cystic

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    Evaluation I am going to be looking at the different customer types that visit Thorpe Park and what customer needs they have and how Thorpe Park suits their needs. First looking at the customer needs families have and how Thorpe Park meets these needs. Families with young children will need baby changing rooms for their children. Thorpe Park has baby changing rooms at nearly every toilet block and if you can’t find them they are easily locatable by looking at the parks map. Also‚ families will

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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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    Is Europe on a Roll? Wheelchair Accessibility Violations In recent years‚ Europe has begun to end the suffrage of disabled people in the continent and has initiated laws and mandates creating equality between able and disabled people. However‚ Western Europe is incredibly more advanced in the equalizing process than Eastern Europe. Countries in East Europe are lacking in a multitude of handicap accessible areas‚ whereas their Western counterparts are all technologically advanced and have admirably

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    Think about your life and how great it is‚ you aren’t in a wheelchair‚ your brain functions correctly‚ and you have friends‚ but some people go through that struggle and it makes their life difficult. Through the 1900s-1950s people with disabilities weren’t treated very well‚ they didn’t get medicine or any professional help through their life. In 1907 the Eugenic Sterilization Law was passed and it was for people who were disabled. People thought they could catch whatever they had and they didn’t

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    Neufert Case Study

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    turn 180° in a wheelchair you need 1500 – 1700 mm space. Neufert’s images below sets the minimum requirements sizes and circulation spaces of landings‚ rooms‚ garages etc. (Neufert‚ 1970: 301) Entrances should not have thresholds or steps and revolving doors should not be used when designing. All doors must be atleast 900 mm wide and bathroom doors must open outwards for ease of use. All the levels and the facilities of a building must be accessible to individuals using a wheelchair therefore by ramp

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    how we typically look the disabled so differently. I also thought about how often people so easily overlook the struggles that many disabled bodies have to deal with‚ like disabled women who want to have children or public facilities not having wheelchair access. It’s sad to recognize how most people see the disabled as inadequate and compensate for that by pitying them‚ rather than trying to treat them the same way as an able-bodied person. This essay made me think of one of my good friend’s older

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    PWDact‚ National trust act‚ Sarva siksha abhiyan- education for all. But the focus on implementation is very poor. Our ministry is making laws which seems to help disabled people on one hand but on other hand applies 30-40 percent tax on import of wheelchair parts which instead of helping disabled people imparting additional barrier on them. Before 2001 census population with disability even had no place in the documentation. These type of contradictory policies brings out the reality of myths about

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    Safety/Fall Prevention Who needs to be concerned about safety? Safety strategies to protect your bones are important for individuals of all ages. It is imperative for everyone to protect their bones and overall health by wearing seatbelts in any moving vehicle and by using appropriate protective equipment when participating in sports. If you have been diagnosed with osteoporosis‚ you may be more likely to break a bone as a result of a fall. In fact‚ most broken bones happen as a result of a fall

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    disabilities because she is‚ too‚ living with a disability. She feels that people with a disability should be treated equally. Nancy Mairs is able to walk a few steps with the assistance of a brace and a walking stick. Most of the times she rides in a wheelchair. With the assistance of these mobility aids and assistive devices‚ she can easily be

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