Advocacy

male) means being gay, which implies that many homophobic comments are essentially biases against women. Since becoming aware of the disturbing chain effects of gender inequality, I have reexamined my role in supporting feminism movements and LGBTQ advocacy. As part of my critical literacy…

How Can I Pursue a Career in Child Advocacy? Child advocacy is an important field of work that focuses on protecting and promoting the rights of children. Fortunately, there are many degree and career options associated with this line of work. Below explains how you can successfully become a child advocate. What Exactly is Child Advocacy? Child advocates are dedicated to caring for children in different ways. This field combines different aspects of law and social work. Certain child advocates…

This reflective account will discuss the Professional Value ‘Advocacy’ in relation to my own personal experience with a patient. The account will be reflected upon relative to Driscoll’s Model (2007) and will be discussed in accordance with The Code: Nursing & Midwifery Council’s (2015) confidentiality guidelines. For this account, the patient in question will be referred to by the pseudonym ‘Sam’. What? Sam was a white male in his 60’s who smoked most of his life and suffered from Peripheral…

The Disabled: Treated as Humans Throughout history, people with disabilities have been socially disadvantaged, not because of limitations but because of assumptions made about them based on group characteristics (Schaefer, 2015 p.372). Scapegoating someone because they have a disability, assuming that the individual is the same as someone else with the same disability, is the same as saying that all people with tattoos are dangerous. If there is a news article about someone with bipolar disorder…

needs and report on issues from a local to a national scope (Sirianni & Friedland, 2001). Issues that affect America can be reported through this form of media. An issue question that needs answered is how can the rights of all individuals with disabilities be improved and protected in America? Answer to Social Movement Question The disability rights movement has impacted the American way of life for millions of individuals who are affected by a disability. It estimated that the “data from the…

I am doing my practicum at High bridge park recreation center. The recreation center is a place that provides services for adults over 21 who have intellectual and other developmental disabilities. The staff work together to help individuals overcome the challenges they face every day to live an independent and meaningful life in the community. The organization I am working with is AHRC, which is a family governed organization that works with people with intellectual and other developmental…

I think it was very courageous of Susan Hamovitch to make a documentary of her family’s most painful, protective secret at that time. In the early 90’s, when people were judged, criticized, made fun of, and in some cases even punished for what Susan tried to reveal to the world, was very daring. It must have been not easy for Susan, nor for her family, to reveal their family’s secret to the world as the mother said to Susan when she told her her intention of making a documentary of their family…

Prejudice and Discrimination: Ableism America runs on capitalism. In order to succeed, one must be able to work and produce something that is beneficial to the community. To be disabled, either mentally or physically, is to be automatically considered a detriment to society. The discrimination against people who are disabled is known as ableism, and although some do not realize it, ableism has become a daily occurrence. Ableism has a negative societal stigma and it affects the work, school, and…

According to the American Community Survey, “The overall rate of people with disabilities in the US population in 2015 was 12.6%” (2). Although this percentage may seem insignificant, that number translates to well over millions of citizens who have disabilities. Considering this, everyone is likely to encounter a person with a disability at some point in their lives, so it is important that they are aware of how to be inclusive and interact with them. They may be people, but the society has…

the reason this adventure began. She noticed that many of the children in homes she’d visited were caught up in drugs, alcohol, and weapons exc. It’s her job to find outlets for the parents and children therefore making this problem a social work advocacy issue. One of the most important goals of social work is to help children and families receive much needed resources (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2009).There is an old building here in our town that is being sold for 60,000 dollars. It has a pool in…