1. Do you support the disability rights model or the independent living model? Explain and justify your position.
Having a nephew who has been disabled since the age of two, I support both the disability rights model, as well as the independent living model. The disability rights model “is based primarily on unfair discrimination” of persons with disabilities (Batavia & Schriner, 2001, p.692). The independent living model refers to environmental modifications which would allow more independence for people with disabilities. These two models provide people with disabilities protection and functionality, which is important for some of our most vulnerable individuals in society.
I feel that even though the disability rights model has both …show more content…
This film made me emotional because it depicts what happens daily in the child welfare system. Working for a Child Advocacy Center, I rarely see children when they are removed from their parents/caregivers. In cases when they are in foster care, I often see them when they are well adjusted to their new placements.
In my opinion, I saw policy protecting Zoe and her brother, as well as causing them additional trauma. The children were protected by policy when the Child Protective Service (CPS) worker removed them from their home due to what appeared to be a history of domestic violence, possible alcoholism, possible mental illness, and child abuse and neglect. Although, in my opinion, this environment was dysfunctional it was functional to Zoe because it was what she was accustomed to.
Zoe was protected by her CPS worker when he removed her from the home and placed her into foster care (especially the last home she was placed in). Her last foster care worker was an educator who was patient, kind, and who was also advocate for Zoe and her brother. She educated Zoe and allowed her to realize her past did not have to determine her
Having a nephew who has been disabled since the age of two, I support both the disability rights model, as well as the independent living model. The disability rights model “is based primarily on unfair discrimination” of persons with disabilities (Batavia & Schriner, 2001, p.692). The independent living model refers to environmental modifications which would allow more independence for people with disabilities. These two models provide people with disabilities protection and functionality, which is important for some of our most vulnerable individuals in society.
I feel that even though the disability rights model has both …show more content…
This film made me emotional because it depicts what happens daily in the child welfare system. Working for a Child Advocacy Center, I rarely see children when they are removed from their parents/caregivers. In cases when they are in foster care, I often see them when they are well adjusted to their new placements.
In my opinion, I saw policy protecting Zoe and her brother, as well as causing them additional trauma. The children were protected by policy when the Child Protective Service (CPS) worker removed them from their home due to what appeared to be a history of domestic violence, possible alcoholism, possible mental illness, and child abuse and neglect. Although, in my opinion, this environment was dysfunctional it was functional to Zoe because it was what she was accustomed to.
Zoe was protected by her CPS worker when he removed her from the home and placed her into foster care (especially the last home she was placed in). Her last foster care worker was an educator who was patient, kind, and who was also advocate for Zoe and her brother. She educated Zoe and allowed her to realize her past did not have to determine her