Ram It Down

Cynthia Fenelus Final Reflection Adam Sandler stars in the movie Water Boy as Bobby Boucher. He is a thirty-one year old man who lives at home with his mother. To say the least he is a “momma’s boy.” He plays a water boy for football teams. Bobby presents two disorders. One being a stutter and he also exhibits the characteristics of an intellectual disability. He is used as a water boy for several football teams before one of his coaches discovers his amazing talent of tackling and places him…

“A Move, a Word and My Family’s Battle” written by Patricia E. Bauer is about the battle one family had with the infamous “R” word. The explanation of the issue takes place at the family’s local movie theater in 2008, when the Patricia’s daughter, Margaret, was called a retard by a couple pre-teen girls. Margaret was noticeably hurt by this remark. Claim of value is used in different ways for the different views of people. As for the families with mentally disabled kids and adults, the…

Pajama's are comfortable and should be able to be worn. It's not a distraction, they are just clothes. A lot of people get distracted easily and the school is just blaming it on what people wear. Also, girls can wear shirts that go down to the middle of their chests and not have anything said to them about it. When a girl has a little bit of their stomach exposed they are sent home to change or just yelled at. I know because this happened to me. That's just not right at all. The things that…

In May 2013 Henry’s Turkey Service was convicted of abusing mentally disabled employees. Thirty-two intellectually disabled men worked for Henry’s Turkey in the state of Iowa. They men lived in a dilapidated schoolhouse, with boarded up windows and little ventilation. The mice feces and cockroaches were everywhere, contributing to the stench. A fire marshal immediately condemned the building and later testified it was the worst he has seen (Noguchi, 2013). The men were restricted to move…

Chapter 10 discusses disability in the workplace by two Essays, and one Case Study. The first essay discusses the Drugstore Walgreens, and how they have a large amount of employees who have a disability, specifically cognitive ones and some who suffer from autism. Currently their center in South Carolina has 400 employees with disabilities. They are planning to open a center in Windsor, CT that will double the amount of disabled employs to make the number 800. This minority group is very common…

This test was developed in 1969 by researchers in the University Of Colorado Medical Center. However, this test was revised in 1992. This test is broken down into four parts (Willacy & Tidy, 2014). The first part of the test evaluates the child’s social and personal aspects. What this means is does the child show awareness that there are other people in their environment? Does the child interact with adults…

increased and decreased as time moves on. In the past twenty years there has been a decrease in the amount of crimes occurring in the United States. With new legislations and the development of technology, the government has found an easier way to cut down crime rates and bring justice to the people. Although crime rates have been decreasing the amount of people being victimized still remains high. Victimization is defined as becoming a victim of a crime. In the year 2014 5.4 billion people over…

“One in every 691 babies in the United States is born with Down syndrome- about 6,000,000 people each year.” Down syndrome is one of the more known genetic disorders with more than 38% of Americans know someone who suffers from it. Also known as other names such as Trisomy 21, 47XX+21, and 47Xy+21. Down syndrome was first identified in 1862 by physician John Langdon Down, who the condition is named after. However, it was not identified as a chromosomal irregularity until Jèrôme Lejeune and an…

Understanding Down Syndrome: The chromosome abnormality Down Syndrome (DS) takes place when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21. Down syndrome is a mental disability that can affect a person 's personality, health, and physical appearance. Women can catch this genetic disorder early in pregnancy by diagnostic testing. Although both parents are carriers of DS the mother 's age can make the percentage of the baby having Down syndrome higher. Children with DS have…

The movie The Other Sister portrayed a child with an intellectual and developmental disability specifically down syndrome. Carla Tate was a child who behavior as a young child her parents could not handle. Because she grew up in a rich and affluent family, she was sent away when she started to become a problem. The movie starts with her coming back home to become part of society once again. Carla is a motivated person who wants to gain her independence but struggles against a mother that thinks…