...Deafness as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), means “ a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child's educational performance” (34 Code of Federal Regulations [section]300.8[c][3] [2013]). Parents can choose to either communicate with the child in English, the major language of society, or teach the child manual language such as ASL and become a part of the Deaf culture. This decision is especially hard for parents to make who were never exposed to the non-hearing world before, and see deafness as a medical problem that needs to be fixed. This can become critical for the child’s future years and development as a person in the society since the child will always be viewed and judged as different. It is mandated that each child with a disability will be viewed individually to make the best decision in how to treat and help the child. The oral approach, audism, is a method in which children learn to use whatever residual hearing they have, in combination with lip-reading and contextual cues. The children will also thus use an auditory approach, in which they receive amplification devices to correct their hearing and to make use of the residual hearing they have as much as possible. Audism is a mainstream-type approach where the children will go to regular public schools and make use of a special education classroom or...
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...2013 Discrimination toward Disabled Students in China Disabled students, anywhere in the world, arguably have faced at least some discrimination when it comes to gaining an education. Either they are assumed to be a distraction to the learning process, not able to keep up with the material, or struggle to interact socially with other students. This is a global issue, where activists for the disabled community worldwide have strived to promote equality, enabling students with any type of disability to be able to function in a mainstream school and to be fully integrated without discrimination in any way. This paper will specifically explore the situation in China, discussing in general all types of possible disabilities (physical, visual, hearing, mental, etc.). It will reveal how the Chinese government has been involved in developing the foundation for equal rights in education, how disabled students and their families are treated by the community and schools, and how effective school administrators and the community have attempted to merge both abled and disabled students into one classroom. Research clearly indicates that discrimination towards disabled students still exists in China, yet through proper training of teachers and school officials and a nation-wide effort to adapt to each other’s needs, disabled students will indeed be able to function equally in the mainstream school system. In regards to the established education system in China, there are four levels: primary...
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...Question 1 WHAT IS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION? - We accept ordinary learners as well as disabled learners, learners with behavioural problems and learners with learning difficulties. - All children, regardless of their differences should have the opportunity to learn with and from each other and that all need some form of support in learning - We attempt to change attitudes, behaviour, teaching methods curricula and environments to meet the needs of all children - Inclusive education is broader as it includes the home, the community and other opportunities for education outside of schools - It is a dynamic process which is constantly evolving according to local cultures and contexts and is part of the wider strategy to promote an inclusive society WHAT TYPES OF ADAPTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO LEARNING AND TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL LEARNERS TO PARTICIPATE? - The classroom and school environment – making changes in the classroom and in the school building and environment that could make it easier for the learners to come to school and to learn and also by using assistive aids that may be needed - The learner – find out how the barriers to learning of the learners in your class affect their learning – find out from specialists and experts what you can do - School subjects – make changes to subjects you teach in terms of level and expected outcomes including the level at which you teach the subject to the learners as well as the range of subjects - Teaching...
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...Examination and Health Assessment, 3rd ed., pages 688-692 Structure and function of the CNS and PNS --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Potter and Perry, Fundamentals of nursing (8th), Chapter 16 p. 210-211 Types of Data --There are two primary sources of data: subjective and objective. Subjective data are your patients’ verbal descriptions of their health problems. Only patients provide subjective data. For example, Mr. Jacobs's report of incision pain and his expression of concern about whether the pain means that he will not be able to go home as soon as he hoped are subjective findings. Subjective data usually include feelings, perceptions, and self-report of symptoms. Only patients provide subjective data relevant to their health condition. The data sometimes reflect physiological changes, which you further explore through objective data collection. --Objective data are observations or measurements of a patient's health status. Inspecting the condition of a surgical incision or wound, describing an observed behavior, and measuring blood pressure are examples of objective data. The measurement of objective data is based on an accepted standard such as the Fahrenheit or Celsius measure on a thermometer, inches or centimeters on a measuring tape, or known characteristics of behaviors...
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...defendants tone or volume maybe too low or too high. Communication is a message sent between two people who are the messenger and the receiver, the messenger is the person sending a type of communication which the receiver can understand the receiver then needs to understand what the messenger has sent and gives them feedback (an answer). What are Barriers to communication? Barriers to communication are things such as background noise. Someone screaming next to you for instance while you is trying to talk to them about something confidential. Also, how far you are from someone can affect the relationship and communication given, usually you wouldn’t do this when you’re trying to have a private conversation or if a person has difficulty in hearing or is deaf or blind, then there are barriers for that too such as if a person is blind, you will need to use your voice to communicate and if...
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...criteria: reading, writing, listening, speaking, reasoning, and mathematics (National, 2012). When people have learning disabilities having L.D. is an umbrella term for other names, which include: * Dyslexia—which refers to difficulties in reading; * Dysgraphia—which refers to difficulties in writing; and * Dyscalcula—which refers to difficulties in math (National, 2012). The above terms are the formal definitions for people that have a learning disability but in a specific area. Certain individuals that study learning disabilities have found that the brain works differently by which it processes information entirely different from others. Children with various learning disabilities have often been coined as being stupid or lazy. They are in fact neither, they can be extremely high achievers and with the right help children with LD acquire knowledge over time with much success. http://www.ldonline.org/ldbasics/whatisld Characteristics. The students that show signs of challenges in regards to their behavior or perceive to exhibit different actions from that of their peers are not able to comprehend the negative outcomes from their actions, alter cues given by others in public, or are not able to change their behavior to misshape the effects of different...
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...Marxist Approach: This approach strongly believes that health and social care services provided in society only serve the interest of the more presiding social classes rather than those of the patients. This is because doctors and other health professionals are viewed as the agents of the ruling class hence, they ensure the labour force or proletariat are healthy by treating them from their illness as soon possible. Their main role is to provide company owners with a healthy workforce. In addition to all this, the government allows unhealthy products such as junk food and tobacco to be produced and sold in order for companies to make profits when in actual facts the ruling class is benefitting from the issues of illness. Large firms, factories and large cars pollute the atmosphere and environment as they as they continue to produce toxic waste creating the same problem of ill health as being concerned with the differences in social class. People in poor areas, who have a high level of unemployment and whose environments have been polluted face a higher level of illness and a lower life expectancy. The government does little to tackle the issues of the root causes of health and change situations as it will cost a lot of money. Interactionist approach: This approach looks at society in 3 levels. 1. The subjective (based on interpretation) experience of health and illness: this process is about people’s different meanings of health and how they define themselves as ill. For...
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...Welcome to the United States A Guide for New Immigrants M-618 (rev. 09/07) Welcome to the United States A Guide for New Immigrants Revised Edition U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EDITION NOTICE This is the Official U.S. Government edition of this publication and is herein identified to certify its authenticity. Use of the ISBN 978-016-078733-1 is for U.S. Government Printing Office Official Editions only. The Superintendent of Documents of the U.S. Government Printing Office requests that any reprinted edition clearly be labeled as a copy of the authentic work with a new ISBN. The information presented in Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants is considered public information and may be distributed or copied without alteration unless otherwise specified. The citation should be: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Citizenship, Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants, Washington, DC, 2007, Revised Edition. USCIS has purchased the right to use many of the images in Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants. USCIS is licensed to use these images on a non-exclusive and non-transferable basis. All other rights to the images, including without limitation and copyright, are retained by the owner of the images. These images are not in the public domain and may not be used except as they appear as part of this guide. This guide contains information on a variety of topics that...
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...[pic] Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) Report of the WWDA Telecommunications Survey Contents Page Acknowledgments...... ..........3 Chapter One: Introduction 4 1.1 Preamble 4 1.2 About Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) 6 1.3 Executive Summary 7 1.4 Recommendations 13 1.5 Gender and Disability 17 1.6 The Interaction Between Gender, Disability and Telecommunications 21 1.7 The Context of the Study 23 1.8 Survey Framework and Methodology 25 Chapter Two: Summary of Major Findings of the Telecommunications Survey 26 2.1 Characteristics of Respondents 26 2.2 Use of Telecommunications Equipment 26 2.3 Barriers to Telecommunications 26 2.4 Service Providers 27 2.5 Telecommunications - Assistive Devices and Equipment 28 2.6 Online Communication 29 Chapter Three: WWDA Telecommunications Survey Analysis 30 Appendix 1: Telecommunications Questionnaire Tables 65 Appendix 2: WWDA Telecommunications Questionnaire 84 Acknowledgments Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) wishes to thank all the respondents who contributed their time to complete the survey questionnaires and whose heartfelt, insightful comments gave so much to enhance the interpretation of the statistical results. Our thanks go also to the Blind Citizens Australia Project Telecommunications, Disability and Consumer Representation funded by The Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts. This Project provided the funding...
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...Assignment 1: Investigate a Social Issue Part 1 Poverty Author: Josue Benitez Instructor: Tasha Anderson SOC100030VA016-1122-001: Intro To Sociology Publish Date: 03/17/2012 1 Abstract In this report we will define poverty in society, as well as describe the affects that it has on society today. We will also discuss how society has changed over time in regards to poverty. In addition, we will attempt to find at least two possible solutions to improve the social issue of poverty that is affecting mankind on a global scale. 2 Poverty When some people live below a level which a society defines as a reasonable minimum, they are in poverty, but there is no agreement on how to define it more precisely. Poverty is often identified as a lack of resources or its causes, or its deleterious consequences in human experience or behavior, but meanings and usages change over time. Debate often focuses on people in poverty (the poor) or disparate measurement methods rather than the concept of poverty itself. Many incompatible discourses are separately but simultaneously used to discuss its forms, dimensions, causes and cures, and to address different audiences in the industrialized societies and in developing nations, with little attempt to integrate the approaches. Until the twentieth century, poverty was used to describe the conditions in which much of the urban...
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...situation wherein a teacher handles a student with disability, he/she should find ways in order to cope with the students’ needs, concentrating with his potential, not on his limitations. He must motivate and encourage the student to fulfill his duties notwithstanding his disabilities. A child is considered as handicapped if he/she is unable to reach the limits of major life activities or the basic actions that everyone is capable of doing. For the reason that a child ahs abnormal or insufficient structures in their body. It is a physical or mental disorder in the body that affects each body system. This includes deafness, blindness, impairment in some body parts and psychological disorders. Children are qualified disabled if there are services offered to them that most children who can freely move and do normal activities are capable of (Turnbull, 1990). People with physical disabilities have also the right to educational opportunities to accommodate the demands of their condition. They should also be treated equally so as not to degrade their dignity and rights as a person. In a lighter view, the administration of...
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...Conditions Related to the Eye and Blindness Michael A. Allen Jackson State University Abstract Conditions related to the eye and blindness is very common. There are many disease of the eye. Many of these diseases can cause a lot of harm. There are five main points that will be discussed they are age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, retinopathy, visual impairment in higher learning, and social support for the visually impaired. Macular degeneration often damages central vision and is prevalent in people age 60 and over with rare cases of people fewer than 50. Retinitis Pigmentosa is common among families; it’s not always related to hereditary factors. Retinopathy is a common problem for people with diabetes where retinal blood vessels break down and affect vision. People with visual impairments who are in higher learning are very common now days and accommodations are set up for persons. Social support for people who are visually impaired is key factors to helping those individuals have a normal and productive life. Introduction There are many eye conditions. They are listed as followed. Lazy Eye or Amblyopia is a very common condition. Usually present early in childhood, lazy eye can be corrected if caught early. Learn what you can do to correct this eye condition before it becomes severe. Aphakia is a condition where the lens of the eye is missing. It can greatly decrease your vision acuity and cause other problems if not treated. Astigmatism...
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...Nearly 40 percent of disabled students didn’t graduate from high school according to one 2013 report, it sounds like an alarming bell about lagging high school graduation rates among students with disabilities.(Michelle Diament, 2015) Disability Discrimination Act defines disability as ‘a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse affect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities’. (Fuller, Healey, Bradley, Hall, 2004)As the definition referred to mental and physical disability, Dyslexia, unseen disabilities, multiple disabilities and other personal care support. Disability as a human right issue, children with disabilities have the right to get education without any discrimination and accordingly...
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...'SMART’ CANE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE Vaibhav Singh, Rohan Paul Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 Review of the literature 4 Objective of the project 4 Methods and Materials 5 1. Description of System 5 2. The gadget works in two client selectable modes 5 3. Design of System 6 Experiments of the field 6 1. Field research 7 2. Enrolment of User 7 3. Usage of Smart Cane training 7 4. Phase of Trial 8 5. Indicator for Key Performance 8 Outcome 9 Awareness about Obstacle raises 9 Rate of collision reduction 9 Distance of Obstacle Detection 9 Usage of Smart Cane with few observations 10 Feedback of user post-experiment 10 Special cases of user 10 Conclusion 11 References 11 Executive Summary The persons that are visually challenged face awesome trouble in autonomous portability and utilize the white stick as a versatility help to distinguish near to impediments on the ground. Nonetheless, the stick has two noteworthy impediments: * It can just distinguish obstructions up to knee-level. Consequently, the client can't identify raised impediments like lifted bars and much of the time crashes into them. (Iovine, 2004) * The stick can just distinguish obstructions inside 1m from the client. Additionally, obstructions like moving vehicles can't be distinguished until hazardously near the individual. Very nearly 90% of the visually impaired persons live in creating nations, with a larger part...
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...Debran Rowland, a Carleton graduate, and Author of the book The Boundaries of her Body explains that ages 14 and 15 are peak ages for girls, for being victims of rape, Proving that we as teenagers are in definite danger of being victims. As girls, it is something we must be very aware of and even fear at times. Rape has also become a growing issue at colleges. Bradford Richardson, a graduate of Claremont McKenna College analyzes this growing problem in Text Box: The above graphic, passed along by the Huffington Post's Laura Bassett, was put together by the Enliven Project using data from Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey and FBI reports. It drives home extremely well the fact that false rape accusations are exceedingly rare, despite what media reports might suggest. Almost as rare are cases when rapists actually go to jail more so than strangers.his article The Real Campus Sexual Assault Problem. He explains that a common controversy comes up at colleges where rape is concerned when alcohol is involved, and whether or not that is rape. Conservatives and liberals have shown the different sides of this debate while conservatives...
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