Disability rights

individuals in Murderball are challenging these stereotypes by participating in a sport called Rugby. When disabled people are playing in such a gut wrenching sport, they prove to society that they can still have a productive life despite their disabilities. Their disabilities do not stop them from playing sports. In the film, there was one incident where there was a disabled person in a wheelchair who was leaving rehab. He was struggling to open up an envelope with a card inside. The nurse next…

So far in EDP 611, we have discussed the term “disability” in great detail. The social and medical models are two different ways that disability is defined. After reading chapter three in the textbook, both terms make valid points, however, I feel I would side with the social construction of disability. The textbook states that over the years our view on disability has changed. For example, it was once considered normal to put people with disabilities into institutions, such as the Willowbrook…

Model and the Medical Model: How they Implicate Disability The term disability has been used to identify impairments that are the result of a disease or injury, the emotional, mental and/or physical limitations that an impairment imposes on a person’s life, as well as the environment and social barriers that discourage a person to participate in the activities of their choice. The models of disability have greatly influenced the development of disability, in terms of legislation and policies as…

The ethical issue that I feel everyone should be aware of states the morality of parents using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to achieve the same disability that they have. Parents use that process to select an embryo of a disability or a disease to acquire the same characteristic as the parents. In the case study Causing Deaf Children, a lesbian couple chose a sperm donor that was deaf to ensure that their child would also be deaf like they are. This is an ethical problem because most…

constructionism impact our view of disability in general and, more specifically, kids with disabilities? Social constructs are themes based on experiences. It is through our social constructs that we often develop the mindset in which we believe that disabilities prevent individuals from being successful, no matter their skill level or ability. After watching an individual with disabilities fail a few times in a row, we start believing the notion that all kids with disabilities really can’t do…

Disability Simulation I did the disability simulation to fulfill one of my 6 requirement of the pick 6. I choose to understand students with a physical disability and have to use a wheelchair. I borrowed my mom’s wheelchair one day, not only to do this project, but also because I had to get an injection in my knee for the first time and the doctor hit a nerve and had to do it twice and told me to stay off my foot the rest of the day. It was a challenging experience for me to get around in a…

Transition of Special Needs Students in Comparison to Typical Students Mental disability covers a broad spectrum of individuals and cases that make up over a quarter of our country. Though commonly seen in day to day life, it can become an area of conflict within schools and areas outside of school. Our scope of mental disability specifically involves more extreme cases, such as Downs Syndrome. These students are put at a disadvantage when attempting to follow the school's curriculum. Schools…

This paper will focus on my life since being labeled as a toddler with a physical condition in the stigma that follows. This paper will associate on how I was labelled, and how disability discrimination followed because of that label. Will describe the roles that these two have in common and why they are linked together. I will give examples from my past that give insight to how these two words and their meaning have impacted my life. I will interview a few of my friends who had to live under…

The best way to measure the progress of students with disabilities is making sure what are their lows skills that these kids need to work on and addressing and assessing those skills. Edweek.org, a web page of news of special education progress argues, “Cameras in Special Ed. Classrooms a Complex Issue: A new Texas law requiring such cameras at the request of parents and teachers raises questions about cost, privacy, and even whether they'll help protect children,”(“Education Week”) This article…

educated on the topic. It is very likely, that we, as education majors, will soon find ourselves in an inclusion classroom. I chose a topic that was very personal to me. I have known and friended many people with disabilities. My nine-year old cousin has both a physical and mental disability with Cerebral Palsy. My sixteen-year old cousin has severe Asperger’s. My boyfriend’s sister also has severe autism. From my own experiences I understand that…