Disabilities Essay

The treatment of people with abnormalities or disabilities throughout history has drastically changed. The areas of disabilities throughout the years were if a person was considered physically, emotionally, or intellectually handicapped. We have learned about many different influencers and how they have managed to shape the society we live in. Opening with the Greek Era approximately between 800 B.C and 500 B.C philosophers were the first to try and figure out why people did what they did. One…

From the video it is clear that, Richard is a person with a learning disability and he realised to have confused feeling toward relationships. When he was a teenager he started to have gay feelings. Also because of learning disability and being a gay he felt very different from others and he felt cannot share his secret with anyone. Obviously LGBT people who have learning disability have the same needs, hopes and fears as other. Sometimes these may be expressed or communicated in a different way…

Tackling the Pitfalls of Disability Support The lack of services for disabled college and college-bound students poses an educational and independence barrier. Able-bodied and intelligent individuals who wish to attend a college may be unable to do so. This is because it is quite difficult to arrange attendant care and other services. We suffer silently because our voices are deaf to educational institutions and governments of today. People see only the physical appearances and jump to a…

Screening for Disability by Jeff McMahan In Jeff McMahan’s article, The Morality of Screening for Disability, he argues against the morality of screening for a disability and believes that it is immoral. He believes that people should not support or take test to test for a disability, except in rare cases. In this written assignment I will discuss McMahan’s main arguments and then possible objections to his arguments. In McMahan’s article, he proposes four objections for testing for a…

Lisa: “You probably think I’m either delusional or in denial. I’m not, I just have a real problem with the phrase, ‘person with a disability’, and the notion of ‘having a disability’.” Teresa: I am not sure I know exactly what you mean by that? Lisa: “I am disabled. More specifically, I am disabled by a society that places social, attitudinal and architectural barriers in my way. This world we live in disables me by treating me like a second-class citizen because I have a few impairments --…

After weeks of constantly searching for a blog I came across Alan’s “My Disability Blog”. Interested in his title, I decided to contact him for a potential interview to learn more about himself and his blog. Alan Larson is a 62 year old male with spina bifida. He was diagnosed with his disability at birth, and now uses blogging as a way to change the worlds perspective regarding disabilities and disabled people. Alan explained to me how his primary vision is to live his life without any…

The one pertinent enhancement from the readings and videos is that we should not assume that people living with disabilities require our assistance in whatever they do. For instance, as I watched the video “How You See Me (2017),” I caught myself as one of the actors, who assumed the woman was in need of assistance as she was opening the door in order to enter the office. Therefore, I will no longer assume that my assistance is needed rather, I will ask if they require my assistance. In the end,…

Disability What one chooses to believe as disability and what a true disability really means sometimes is a person’s interpretation. We all live in to today’s society where many try to get something for nothing while there are many others struggling with a hand to mouth existence living a world meant for those without disabilities. The difficulties for a person with a real disability to receive assistance from the government as compared to those who don’t really need it receive benefits…

patients with disabilities,. eEven after this mother called them beforehand and asked them if they make accommodations for people with disabilities. The facility then informed her that they did have accommodations for people with disabilities. She then spent most of her savings to leave her home in Oregon to go to this rehab facility that offered a free program and promised this mother the help she has been needing for years, but instead the facility left…

Additionally, returning to the irony of how Julie fits Aunt Bea’s conceptualized haunted figure, however her disability has damaged her chances of having the abled-bodied individual aid her. The first reason this distances Julie’s form connecting to the able-bodied individual is because of her cognitive disability, which makes her incapable of coherently expressing her mental thoughts. Arguably, the societal benefit system is meant to reach and understand individuals like Julie, however it does…