Intellectual

An interesting example of this is Disney, notorious for being extremely strict when it comes to copyright infringements and protecting their intellectual property. In the 90’s they fought to extend their copyright over Mickey Mouse to keep the character out of public domain and are now lobbying congress to extend it another 20 years. However, recently Disney seem to have had a turn around with their…

excellence. Beyond any disease-free neutral point, wellness dedicates its efforts to our total well-being - in body, mind, and spirit.” To get to a point of complete wellness, therefore, one must achieve a state of optimum physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, and environmental health, which I intend to do by making small changes to each dimension of my health.…

Verdict on Jury Trials for Juveniles: The Effects of Defendant’s Age on Trial Outcomes” studied the effect that the age of the defendant has on the jury’s verdict. The second article; “Jurors’ Perceptions of Juvenile Defendants: The Influence of Intellectual Disability, Abuse History, and Confession Evidence” studied the perception jurors have towards juvenile defendants. Both of these research studies, studied the relationship between juvenile defendants and the jury’s’ opinion of the juvenile…

The special Olympics was a great opportunity to be a part of a global movement. This movement offers children and adults with and without intellectual disabilities year-round sports training and competition. As a volunteer swim timer for the special Olympics my duties consisted of interacting with all participants and coaches. By interacting with most of all coaches and participants, I learned a lot about the leadership of the program and the athletes that competed. However, the focus of this…

An intellectual is defined as a person who places a high value on or pursues things of interest to the intellect or the more complex forms and fields of knowledge. This definition of an intellectual has been restricted by an educational system to mean indoctrinate students into what the system believes to be “academic”. Gerald Graff’s essay “Hidden Intellectualism” argues that there is knowledge and intelligence beyond what the traditional education system is practicing. Graff contends that…

Section A1 Abortion and assisted suicide are two hot issues which are discussed in many societies. Many Disability rights activists oppose these measures, because for them these practices result from a negative view to disability while others view it as a way to ease and relieve pain. When it comes to Down Syndrome, several countries have introduced prenatal screening, to give the choice to abort the fetus with this condition (Solberg, 2009). Asch (2000) states that aborting a fetus with…

occurred during the social and intellectual movement of the 18th Century Enlightenment Period. Initiated by the Scientific Revolution, it further expounded on the philosophy of a natural and humanistic approach to seeking answers to our how man and the world came to exist, thus quelling the absolutism of God. Rooted in classical Greek Aristotelian philosophy, the new world thinking…

discovering vary according to personal, cultural, historical and social contexts and values, and therefore is ascribed individual value. Texts enable an audience to understand the nature of discovery though the ramifications of emotional, physical and intellectual discoveries made by the persona, which may be transformative in a positive or negative fashion, change ones perception or have an effect on elements of the human condition. The selection of poems from the Robert Frost collection…

preordained by God). Therefore, gaining God’s help by prayer would be more effective use of time by contrast to spending time making discoveries in science. The Hellenistic world is categorized by its attempts to understand the world by means of intellectual endeavours and research. This is what made it so successful, and this is precisely what was lost with the coming of Christianity.…

Carissa has been teaching Kindergarten through six grade students with intellectual disabilities for 20 years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Concentration: Criminal Justice) degree. She later completed the teacher’s licensure program with a concentration in Language Arts, Social Studies, and Special Education. When she reflected on why she chose to become a special education teacher, Carissa shared: I have always has a passion for individuals with special needs. Before I became a…