of “handicap” is referred to as a “physical or mental disability making participation in certain activities of daily living more difficult”. The definition of “disability” is stated “physical or mental handicap‚ especially one that prevents a person from living a full‚ normal life or from holding a gainful job”. It is a very broad definition that leaves an open discussion for a debate on what is or isn’t considered a handicap. A true disability may be fixed or cured and is always uncontrollable. Such
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people with many different dissabilites. They can be trained to help with people who suffer from physocial dissabilites‚ Sezure disorders‚ Blind‚ deaf‚ diabedes‚ those who are unable to get around with out the use of a wheel chair and many other disabilities. After my doctor told me this I decided to research this a little further knowing that I may benefit as well from the use of a service dog. Just as I’m sure all disabled people who think about how a dog could benefit there lives I had questions
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How effective is the Equality Act 2010 at getting people with disabilities in to employment In 1995 the Disability Discrimination Act was established to prevent people with disabilities being treated unlawfully. The Disability Discrimination Act remained in force until all the discrimination acts was consolidated into one‚ the Equality Act (EA) 2010. The Act was introduced to promote equality and diversity and was designed to enhance clarity‚ making it easier to understand for both employers and
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public supported education with mental retardation. Educators have to give the students with mental retardation an equal education as the other students. The effect on the educators is FAPE‚ Free Appropriate Public Education‚ for students with disabilities. Mills vs. The Board of Education (1972) The case was brought up because there were 18‚000 students not enrolled in a school because of behavior problems as in ADHD and other behavior problems. The reason being this is because the schools did
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Arc of the Ozarks is a local human service organization providing help to people in the local communities with physical and mental disabilities. The main local offices for the Arc can be found in Springfield‚ Joplin‚ and Monett‚ Missouri. Interviewing someone from the Arc could have been done over the phone‚ by e-mail‚ and an in-person interview. The in-person interview seemed to be more appropriate because it would allow me to interact with the people who work for the organization and possibly see
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Person-centred 2.1 A physical disability is any disability that affects the physical function of one or more limbs. Physical disabilities can be either congenital or acquired after birth due to an accident or disease. 2.2 Describe the following terminology used in relation to physical disability: Congenital Acquired Neurological A congenital disability is a medical condition which you are born with‚ congenital disorders are caused by development problems with the fetus before birth
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bullying by being an anti-bullying campaigner with Ambitious about Autism‚ NSPCC‚ and Ditch the Label. Bullying people with mental disabilities is getting out of hand. People have gone so far as to try to set their hair on fire and tell them they were going to kill them. We should be concerned about this‚ because they are people too no matter if they have a disability or not. The people being bullied are affected and their families. Some of them get bullied so much they start inflicting harm on themselves
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one of your students who has a mild hearing disability (you can choose any age range from the Inclusion Chart you completed). 1. As an integral part of the IEP/504 team‚ how will you prepare yourself for this meeting? 2. What are three important items to consider about this student before making any recommendations to the committee (e.g.‚ what needs might this child have)? 3. What information is important to know about a mild hearing disability and how will that information affect performance/learning/behavior
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was the idea about disability. When you mention disability‚ I can honestly say that I always thought of the physical forms of disability. So when it came to helping accommodate for disabilities I would naturally think of things like wheelchair ramps or special seating in the offices. I never considered the fact that “invisible” disabilities were present in the workplace. Now when you say disability I think of not only the physical but also the mental and learning disabilities that can affect people
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Unit 306 Promote equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people. Outcome 1 Legislation/Code of Practice Main Points Equality Act 2010 The Equality Act 2010 aims to protect disabled people and prevent disability discrimination. It provides legal rights for disabled people in the areas of: • employment • education • access to goods‚ services and facilities including larger private clubs and land based transport services • buying and renting land or property
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