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In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, Rachel, the main character, depicts an event on her eleventh birthday that strongly affected her. The story begins by explaining Rachel’s perspective and her feelings on birthdays. It’s her eleventh birthday, but she feels as if she’s still ten years old. She expected to wake up and feel eleven years old, but everything was just like the day before and nothing had really changed. Rachel says that when we all do or say something unintelligent, that’s the…

My Response on Eleven In the literary text “Eleven” by Sandra Cisseros, the author expresses all of the different feelings about being eleven years older that the character Rachel is experiencing as she describes her eleventh birthday. Through the text Cisseros appeals to the emotion of the audience, creates imagery, and applies details from home life to characterize Rachel. Today is Rachel’s eleventh birthday, yet she doesn’t quite feel eleven. At least least, “Not right away. It takes a few…

Green Grass Running Water protagonist; Latisha experiences a personal journey to find her true identity. While undergoing her journey in attempt to discover the unique characteristics and beliefs she as an individual possesses, this character displays acts of heroism by facing challenging obstacles that are brought upon them throughout the novel. This is done through their actions as these characters present and exhibit qualities of independence, selflessness and generosity. Throughout the novel…

asking the district for a list of schools. It was argued that this violated the Burlington Act. In the Burlington decision, the court acknowledged that a remedies for a school district 's that fail to provide the necessary education requirements of the IDEA would be required to reimburse parents the cost of placing their child into a private school that provided the proper education according to the act. Yet the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Shannon’s parents.…

ASD affects and influences development into adulthood. Autism is perceived as a diverse disorder that impacts each individual in various ways (Gustein, Burgess & Montfort, 2007). The impacted areas could include language use, communication, behavior, intelligence, and social skills (Agosta et al., 2004; Eikeseth, Smith, Jahr, & Eldevik, 2007; Magiati & Howlin, 2003; Mohammadzaheri, Koegel, Rezaei, & Bakhshi, 2014; Stahmer, 1995; Vismara & Rogers, 2008). Autism Spectrum Disorder Characteristics…

graduate in May from Vanderbilt University, I find myself conflicted between recognizing that I am incredibly fortunate to have a Vanderbilt education, but also accepting that having a visible disability at Vanderbilt has been a challenging experience. . There is a bizarre irony behind the fact that at a university that is home to one of the top special education graduate programs in the country, the only…

Development assessment is an important process to assess children whether they are having a delay or disability in developing their gross motor skills, fine motor skills, communication skills, personal-social skills and problem solving skills. It is important because the sooner the pediatrician catch a delay or disability the sooner, the doctor can help connect the children and the parents with services, and support that make a real difference. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics…

Inclusive education, which celebrates diversity and promotes a sense of belonging for all students within a school, can help to eliminate learning barriers (Guthrie & Waldeck, 2008). Through the support of a special education teacher, Jacy was provided with experiences of inclusion, such as accommodations for assessments, throughout her schooling (Arthur, 2011). Through organising accommodations of extra time, a separate room and opportunities for breaks, Jacy’s special education teacher played…

Under Individualized Education Program (IEP) it falls under the category “Other Health Impaired” not under “Specific Learning Disabilities”. An Individualized Education Program is a document that is developed for each public school child who needs a special education; this IEP is created through a team effort that is reviewed periodically, usually at the beginning and end of a school year. Each Individualized Education Program must be designed for one student and must…

"My culture is my identity and personality. It gives me spiritual, intellectual and emotional distinction from others, and I am proud of it." (M.F. Moonzajer, 2015) There are "students who are considered historically underrepresented in the Unites States and those students are referred to as culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) and students of color" (Smith & Tyler, p. 74) Its important to note that "cultural or linguistic diversity is not a disability." (Smith & Tyler, p.74) To…