Disability rights

Marissa George Mrs. Watkins Sports & Literature 1 November 2014 How sports inspire people to overcome obstacles. Having a disability can help motivate people to find their inner strength. In other words, when you have a disadvantage, it sometimes gives inspiration for people to show the world it’s not stopping them from what they want to do or succeed in. Having a disability can only stop you from what you don’t want to accomplish. Those that have tougher obstacles are ones that just have to…

employees, but there is a fine line between being supportive and invading an employee 's privacy (Triplett, 2015). Notably, when dealing with an issue related to mental health challenges the organization must: perform due diligence, understand the rights of the employee, address values and conduct, and make resolving the issue a partnership (Triplett,…

(2009), the relationship between the university and administrative features, such as Student Disability Services (SDS) is critical because their primary goals are to ensure students academic success. It would seem natural that SDS personal would come from student services or counseling backgrounds because they appear to be the most “qualified to provide direct services to students and understand any disability related needs” (p. 138). With training in student developmental theories, SDS…

1. Discuss the problems associated with viewing disability as a binary condition rather than as a continuum The issue that span from clustering the disabled is that needs and resources vary based on individual circumstances. There are physical, psychological, and neurological issues that can attribute to a person being or becoming disabled. One must consider family size, medical expenses and cost of living on a much grander scale. Expenses for this type of population can have a severe impact on…

Parents perception/perceived relationships In a study completed with 172 families that have a child with a disability (CWD), parents were given a survey about what they perceived about their children 's relationship as well as their own personal feelings (Roper et al., 2014). The experiment looked at the burden on the parent and compared it to how the parent believes the children get along, “caregiver burden was negatively correlated with perceptions of positive sibling relationships for…

the far right of this particular picture, it what could be considered “the Siberia of the frame”, was a boy in a wheelchair sitting separated from the rest of his peers. He was beaming ear to ear and trying to crane his is neck towards his classmates, as if he was trying to ensure he makes it into the picture. This boy was Miles Belanger in which he has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease that attacks nerve cells in the spinal cord. He has never been able to walk, but the disability he…

Bibliography and Reflections 2 Disability and ability identities and identity development: Riddell, S., & Weedon, E. (2014). Disabled students in higher education: Discourses of disability and the negotiation of identity. International Journal of Educational Research, 63, 38-46. Case studies of students with disabilities in four universities were conducted, and it was observed that while it is inevitable for students with visible impairments to consider disability as a major aspect of identity,…

less painful so they can function in their day to day lives? How can we prevent disabled individuals from being punished by the government for being disabled? How can we avoid putting ADA protections at risk? How can we not exclude people with disabilities from the protection of the ADA or from any workplace where they are not going to cause direct harm to any one person? These questions are what brought…

Be motivated to carry on the conversation after you leave. The diversity workshop I attended was titled The Intersectional Nature of Disability at 6:30-7:45pm, in Pray Harrold room 201. Lloyd Shelton is a man who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at the age of three. He is wheelchair bound. He is the kind of guy that people stare at as a result of being disabled. Webster defines disabled as “Incapacitated by illness or injury, also: physically or mentally impaired in a way that…

Children with disabilities such as “physical, developmental, intellectual, emotional, or sensory disabilities are more likely to be bullied.” Bullying may lead a person to negative thoughts and even suicide. Special needs children tend to not be so popular with others so it can lead to them being bullied. They can also have a disability that makes them less intelligent which may also lead to bullying. Once they have been bullied…