Inclusion

Throughout life all of us will encounter or know a person with a disability, whether it be our neighbours, family members, teachers or friends (Bullock, Mahon, & Killingsworth, 2010). Disabilities span over a wide range of conditions, often impacting a person in many different areas of life (Bullock et al., 2010). This could range from varying degrees of severity, such as vision loss, psychological and emotional difficulties, physical limitations, cognitive limitations, or significant hearing…

The Benefits of Inclusion in the General Population The educational system has advanced in so many ways and it is continuously improving. With the constant improvements, more and more children are receiving the level of support they need to become successful in academics. Many educational programs have adopted early intervention programs as well as other accommodations for student that are developmentally delayed or special needs. Even though laws such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and…

NALDIC (2007) state that inclusion should “permeate all school policies so that they increase learning and participation” with particular consideration given to SEN children and young people. Likewise, Fredrickson and Cline argue (2002, pg. 65) that integration is a process “where the onus is on the assimilating individual to make changes so that they can fit in”. Alternatively, inclusion involves “schools in a process of accommodation where the onus is on the school to change, adapting…

With the many changes in workplace demographics over the past 50 years, diversity within organizations has become extremely important to their success. The necessity of a having an effective diversity plan for many organizations can make the difference between their success or possible failure of their reputation and profitability. In examining the diversity and implementation strategies from two of “The Top 50 Companies for Diversity” it will provide a blueprint for implementing a diversity…

The role of the Human Resources professional must be a constantly evolving, fluid process. As the world changes, so should the way businesses choose to approach diversity. One issue facing the business world is the issue of workplace diversity and how to balance religious freedom and personal beliefs with the current worldly acceptance of various sexual orientations. Mathis, Jackson and Valentine state that, “Approximately 9 million Americans identify themselves as being lesbian, gay, bisexual…

Analyzing Including Samuel I watched the film “Including Samuel” in class a few weeks ago. During the film it discussed many topics about the lives and families of people with disabilities. The film explains the struggles of inclusion of people with disabilities. The film shows real life examples of this and how these people try their best to fit in but really can’t. The film also talks about how these people with disabilities are being segregated and simply forgotten about like they don’t even…

For years educators have struggled with adequately integrating physically disabled children in the classroom. Arvanitis said, “Educational inclusion expresses the commitment to educate each learner to the maximum extent appropriate” (2009). Earlier accommodations of students with disabilities provided only curricular and instructional help to those in need. IDEA 1997 saw the addition of services and technology aiming to bring special education students up to the same standards as their peers…

Social exclusion/inclusion: this is basically a term that is connect with other words such as stereotyping, discrimination and marginalization. However, when we talk about social exclusion we are basically referring it to issues that take part in society. Therefore, in order for us to have a clear understanding of social exclusion, The Social Exclusion Unit has defined exclusion as what can happen in society that lead certain groups of people to suffer or finding it harder to excess facilities…

to demonstrate my experience in providing support and promoting individual needs, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities within Life Without Barriers values and scope of practice. Commitment to the values of dignity, respect, inclusion, empowerment, confidentiality and strength-based practice. Dignity and Respect are key principles of the Human Rights Act. When a person 's dignity is compromised and no respect is afforded them, it is an abuse of their human rights. I fully…

the community, school, and classroom can affect the diversity within an inclusion classroom. This could allow children with disabilities to interact with their peers or even when activity is facilitated by the teachers. Diversity of this grade level for children does not matter; however, it still is a factor that allows equal opportunity and oneness within a classroom. Diversity and Inclusion The diversity and inclusion of the classroom now appeared different to me. The classroom had 18…