Human Exceptionality Chapter 1

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Disorder

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a disturbance in normal functioning (mental, physical, or psychological)

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Disablity

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a condition resulting from a loss of physical functioning; difficulties in learning and social adjustments that significantly interfere with normal growth and development

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Handicap

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a limitation imposed on an individual by the environment and the person's capacity to cope with that limitation

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Exceptional

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a term describing any individual whose physical, mental, or behavorial performance deviates so substantially from the average (higher or lower)that additional support is required to meet the individual's need

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What are labels based on?

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ideas, not facts

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Name 3 reasons for the continued use of labeling.

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money
communication
better way of meeting needs

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Name 3 different approaches to describe the nature and extent of the differences when someone differs substantially from the norm.

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developmental approach
cultural view
self-labeling

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Section 504

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provision within the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilies in federally assisted programs and activities

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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legistlation passed in U.S. that prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin; however does not mention those with disabilities

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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civil rights legislation in the U.S. that provides mandates against people with disabilities in private sector, employment, all public services, public accomodations, transportation, and telecommunications

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Major provisions of the ADA

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employment
transportation
public accomodations
government
telelcommunications

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Medical model

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model by which human development is viewed according to two dimensions: normal and pathological

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Jean Marc Itard

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believed that the environment in conjunction with physiological stimulation, could contribute to the learnign potential of any human being

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Phillipe Pinel

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concerned with mental illness and argued that people characterized as insane or idiots needed to be treated humanely; teachings also emphasized that they were essentially incurable and that any treatment to remedy their disabilities would be fruitless

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John Locke

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described the mind as a blank slate that could open to all kinds of new stimuli

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Modern psychology

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the science of human and animal behavior; the study of the overt acts and mental events that can be observed in an organism and evaluate

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Sociology model

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concerned with modern cultures group behaviors, societal institutions, and intergroup relationships; exammines individuals in relation to their physical and social environments