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    DESTINY-AMANDA LONGORIA Future High School Montessori Teacher MY GOALS My goal is to become a Secondary 1 & 2 Montessori teacher. Currently there are no certified Montessori schools in the valley that teach to the high school level. I plan on meeting the needs of exceptional students by accommodating Montessori curriculum. Montessori was first designed for exceptional WHAT I NEED TO GET THERE Bachelors degree in Secondary Education  Certificate in Secondary 1 & 2 awarded by the American

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    Using the data in the tables provided‚ what can you say about: a) prejudice against disabled people in the UK? b) attitudes towards disabled people in the UK? Table 1 displays how much prejudice people feel there is against disabled people‚ by year. This measure of prejudice was taken in the years 1998‚ 2000‚ 2005 and 2009. The responses were categorised as following; a lot‚ a little‚ hardly any‚ none and don’t know. In 1998 25% of respondents felt there was a lot of prejudice against disabled

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    Special Populations Page 2 There were several special populations that I found to be interesting. These populations include children with learning disabilities‚ overweight children‚ childhood diabetes‚ people with illnesses due to nervous system disorders‚ and abused women. After carefully looking at all these different topics I decided on people with illnesses due to nervous system disorders. All the populations listed above have affected my life in one way or another. There is only one

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    Suggestions for welcoming a guest with visual impairment: * Relax and smile. There’s no reason to be nervous. * Introduce yourself and speak to the person directly and include the person in any ongoing conversation. * Remember there’s no need to raise your voice. * Allow a person with visual impairment to handle a child’s natural curiosity in his or her own way. * Ask before assuming a person with visual impairment needs help. * Allow a person to hold on to your arm. *

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    Essay on social issues – Disability Discrimination In 2012‚ Equal Opportunities Commission had handled amount 16‚600 cases and 56% involved in disability discrimination. This result was really surprise to everyone in Hong Kong. Disability is a physical problem that makes someone unable to use a part of their body properly and discrimination means the practice of treating one particular group in society in an unfair way. So‚ disability discrimination is a discrimination action against people based

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    Unit 32 Understand physical Disability 1. Understand the importance of differentiating between the individual and the disability. 1.1 Explain why it is important to recognize and value an individual as a person It is important because each person deserves respect and each person has their own individual needs. Not every person is the same‚ and treating a person in the exact same way as everyone else may not be the best way to help show that persons individuality. 1.2 Describe the importance

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    Disabled Quotes “And yet the advertisers‚ who determine nowadays who will be represented publicly and who will not‚ deny the existence of me and my kind absolutely.” (paragraph 4) In this passage‚ Mairs displays her emotions of frustration and anger towards the advertisers who “ deny the existence” of her and other disabled people. “Everyone else is “there‚” sucking breath mints and splashing on cologne and swigging wine coolers. You’re “not there.” And if not there‚ nowhere.” ( paragraph

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    Discourses surrounding those with a disability have undeniably evolved within the past century‚ in conjunction with an evolution in the portrayal of disabled people in the media. Whereas once‚ people with a physical or intellectual disability were depicted in the media as simplistic and pitiable figures who burden society‚ modern media has now sought to portray this minority group in a more positive light‚ as strong and independent figures who should not be solely defined by their condition. The

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    The disability rights movement is the fight for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities. In the 1800s‚ it was considered generous that the disabled were segregated from society. Many were regarded as freaks or aberrations‚ and were consequently locked up in asylums and sanitariums. In the early 1900s‚ the Eugenics Movement began to grow‚ which specifically targeted people with disabilities. A multitude of disabled people were forced to undergo sterilization‚ in an attempt to prevent

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    Remember the Titans Favourite Character Gerry Bertier was one of the most racial-abusive people on the football team. He believed that the whites were the dominant race‚ but Gerry is one of the prime examples of the 1980s who were racist even after the great Martin Luther King‚ and the abolishment of slavery‚ nearly a century ago. However this is about him and not other historic times before him. Bertier’s parents divorced early in his childhood (around age 7) and he was raised primarily by his mother

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