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and developmental disabilities. He need someone to pay his bills before receive this allowance for the month. Dosomething.org states “92% of adults with mental disability live independently or with family members, while 8% live in an institution or group home.” Danny and Carla living out on their own is typical for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Other Sister is a poor example of what a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities would behave like. The…

change the physical world to be more widely accessible to all, creates more disability. She then writes that culture also plays a role in created disability. This is in how different cultures have certain expectations or views on certain groups. When these groups fail to meet these certain expectations, they are labeled disabled or…

The authors classified the following as high prevalent disability: intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, emotional or behavioral disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders and autism spectrum disorders. According to Raymond (2012) Intellectual disabilities “refers to significantly sub average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period.” Furthermore, the IQ requirement the qualifies…

In America today, there are over 54 million disabled citizens (LIFE Center for Independent Living). They are the nation’s largest minority, transcending barriers of class, race, sexual orientation, and gender. Some of them are born this way while others acquire their disabilities later in life. They are the victims of accidents, diseases, and genetic conditions. They are your neighbors, your family members, and - should you live long enough - they are also you. At best, the human body is only…

the Rehabilitation Gazette: International Journal of Independent Living by and for Persons with a Disability this organization provided resources for the movement until 2003. The League for the Physically Handicapped was the first citizen activist group formed to help the Disability Act created in New York in 1935 (“Disability”). With the Disabilities Act there were many shocking facts associated with it. In 1940 and 1950 there were 500,000 cases of the polio epidemic found. The Disability Act…

Everyone is created equal, in all shapes and sizes. When one looks at a different person that is not "normal", what does one think? Does one feel sorry for them or does one laugh? There are many ways people can react to a person with autism. Is there really any difference between someone that is deaf or someone that has a mental illness from a "normal" person? Can autistic people think like "regular" people? Although people with autism are not always treated as "regular" people, they should have…

While watching the institutional videos, I could not help but think about how the residents felt while living in such horrible institutions. Throughout the clips, there was a common theme within each that the residents of institutions were not treated the same as many other civilians. The residents were treated horrible along with the conditions of the institutions being horrendous and unbearable for them. It was clear that the employees did not care about the residents. The videos on Pennhurst,…

Architectural elements harmonize and organize architecture. Without order confusion can set in, using architecture elements and principles there will be order and harmony. An architect uses these methods to create an emotional and balanced design. Case studies chosen to analyze are Howard House in West Pennant, Nova Scotia designed by Brian MacKay-Lyons, second chosen was the B2 House in Ayvacik, Turkey by Han Tumertekin. Both buildings have elements and principles of architecture that will we…

Understanding of multiplication facts is essential to have down by fourth grade. Knowing the times tables and being able to fluently recall immediately is needed throughout the entire year because of PA Mathematics Standards beginning with multiplication of multidigit numbers. There were students in my fourth grade classroom that had yet to be fluent with their multiplication facts, and it was necessary for them to have it down, for everyday mathematics and for the PSSA’s. I discussed with my…

everything going on I forgot that still, no one said a word. The only people speaking were the people already in the OA. That morning, we were all separated into groups, and we were all assigned jobs. I didn’t know much about the jobs other groups were assigned, but mine was assigned to trail work. Within no time, we were off to work on our tasks. My group started off on one of the trails. Whenever we saw brush creeping into the trail, it was our job to remove it. It started off fairly easy. The…