Disability rights

Wheelchairs and disabled people have been a part of the world for hundreds of years. People have had a long time to adapt the world to fit them, but they haven’t. Many places, developed or not, lack greatly in wheelchair accessibility. Some places go as far as to purposely exclude those in wheelchairs. This world likes to pretend as if the disabled simply don’t exist, and the proof is ever evident. Wheelchairs, for example, are a luxury only developed countries have regular access to, even when…

18. 19% of adults in the United States suffer with some form of mental illness; 3.77% have had serious thoughts of committing suicide (“Adult Population with Mental Illnesses in the US, by State, 2015”). While this doesn’t seem like a very large number, this is a nationwide average. When you look at states individually, the numbers do go up. In 2013, Nation Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) said that one in four adults experience mental illness. Despite these statistics, mental illness is still…

Mental Health and Crime When crimes are committed terms such as insane or crazy are often used to describe the guilty party. For the average law abiding citizen it seems impossible that anyone could even consider killing another person or even stealing something that does not belong to them. Although it has been proven that not every criminal has a mental illness, and not everyone who has a mental illness is a criminal. However the mentally ill are often find themselves in prisons and it is a…

infirmity” (website #1). The definition of disability is not quite so straight forward. Over the last 25 years there have been many different attempts to define disability using different frameworks. The medical model views disability as a condition that is caused by a specific diseases or impairment, which is then assumed to cause a diminished state of health (Art #5 PP). By way of contrast the social model of disability is more contemporary and it views disability as a state that occurs when…

physical disability to a person. A person can disabled caused by brain injury, cerebral palsy, orthopedic conditions, developmental delays, occupational accident, post stroke, and so on. According to NHIS’ data collected in the year 2013, 15.0% of noninstitutionalized U.S adults (18 years and older) have difficulty in physical functioning, and 32.9% have at least one basic actions difficulty or complex activity limitation (CDC, 2013). People who are suffering from physical disabilities limits…

individuals make up 70% of McDonald’s employees. They strive internally to teaching and training the employees of diversity. General motors have groups for the woman employees, Asian Indian group, and Chinese employee resource group, and those with disabilities. They go after reaching a large group of people internationally and within our…

Children and the elderly have many differences that make them unique; on the other hand, their similarities can bring them together. Different generations will never be exactly the same. Children are very different from the elderly, but they also have a good amount of similarities. The elderly have more life experiences than children because they have spent more time on this earth; meanwhile, children have exceedingly more energy than the elderly. Secondly, the elderly and children love spending…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Blindness is a state of lacking the visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors. It is a very common disability among the peoples around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide and 90% of them live in low income settings [1]. The World Health Organization expects this number to increase in the coming years. Prior to now, various methods have been used to…

https://www.amazon.com/34-Aluminum-Wheelchair-Threshold-Ramp/dp/B008SDK66Y/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=&th=1 The wheelchair threshold ramp by Rage Powersports This wheelchair ramp offered by Rage Powersports is well-constructed, durable and useful for creating a smooth surface over your thresholds. Users love sturdy construction, but some do note the assembly instructions need to be clearer. This threshold ramp for doorways has a size of 16.6 x 34 x 3 inches, a weight of 11 pounds, a…

A. Summary of my experience My first experience in the wheelchair was Sunday September the 25th when I made a trip to Wal-Mart in Nacogdoches. I got out of my truck and walked to the back and let the tailgate down. I then retrieved the wheelchair out of the back of the truck and then sit down. There was five people standing four cars up from where I parked. They glared at me and I knew what was going through their minds, as I passed I could hear them talking although I do not know what was said…