Mainstreaming

An example is how to communicate effectively with a deaf person if an interpreter is not around, or the other person does not know sign language. A drawback to this social barrier is making the deaf child have low self-esteem (“Mainstreaming Special Needs”). Even though it is not our intent, we have an impact of how people feel about themselves. Our intent should be positive not negative. Another social barrier is effectively helping a blind person. The list of disabilities are endless…

America’s Gift to My Generation America's gift to my generation, is equality and integration of the intellectually disabled. Imagine a time around 1970 where “mentally retarded” was divided into classes of IQ’s. An IQ of 50-75 (the “educable”), 50-35 (the “trainable”) and IQ’s below 35 (the “custodial”). Otherwise, scholarly known as Morons, Imbeciles, and Idiots; If the child was even lucky enough to be allowed to attend school. The “Moron” class was taught elementary and some secondary school…

The disability rights movement also had its foundations in the Civil Rights Act of the 60's. Like how the Civil Rights Act promoted integration, the Disability Rights movement promoted equality and access for the disabled community. As the disabled community fought for their rights, they eventually became recognized by Congress and the birth of the ADA was born. Laws such as Section 504 and Title VII were created. Although Section 504 didn't have the same idea as the Civil Rights Act of 1964…

According to Bayeh (2016:37), the issue of women empowerment and gender equality is at the top of agendas across the world as gender inequality is widely spread in all cultures. This is clearly demonstrated in the already adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDG Goal 5 on gender equality) and the Africa Agenda 2063, which calls for gender equality and women empowerment. Kenya is not exempt, and as a developing country, gender disparity especially in politics is highly rampant. Having just…

Educational Challenges for the Deaf Community in 2000 The year 2000 was one of the pivotal years for the deaf community in regards to the education policies that affected them. That year Lawrence Siegel, Director of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), collaborated with the National Deaf Education Project to publish Needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: A Statement of Principle Regarding Fundamental Systemic Educational Changes. The focus of the publication asserted that “all deaf…

perception of the difference, deficit and conflict between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. Such stereotypes owe their success to the “Western” language, such as ‘the Aboriginal problem’ (insinuating that their choices are invalid), ‘mainstreaming’ (making them more like us) and ‘the intervention’. Despite such terms being used in programs that seemingly address health, economic and social needs, the assumption of deficit and a stereotyped perspective has taken control away from…

because of their lack of education, and their willpower to learn. “Skills developed strategies have rarely been integrated into comprehensive employment policies.” “A comprehensive strategy implies not only a pro-poor training policy but also mainstreaming education and training into all pro-poor development strategies, both at national and local levels.”(norrac…

filled with materials that encourage discipline, camaraderie and learning. The students are also provided food, so they can ensure that they will eat healthy foods while inside the campus. Everything in this school is geared towards the goal of mainstreaming the students to the outside world. I like that Bridges…

inclusive education are dependent of a holistic package of system structure, funding and strategies as well as peoples’ attitudes towards the value of inclusion to support the approach. In the foreseeable future, as more children are integrated in the mainstreaming classroom, both students with and without disability could learn to become more accepting of individual difference and respect each…

implementation of these goals require the UN Development approach known as MAPS (Mainstreaming, Accelerating and Policy Support) which respectively means countries need to translate 2030 goals into their national level, identifying key elements to accelerate the process and in an efficient manner offer UN expertise to improve policy and programming. I consider my role for this project will be firstly in the mainstreaming process through advocacy and creating awareness starting with holding…