Self-advocacy

Post-Secondary Goals and Self-Advocacy This is an instructional project that includes measurable postsecondary goals that are required for all students that have verified disabilities. It was mandated through the IDEA reenactment of 2004, that transition planning begins by the age of 16. The transition services for students with learning disabilities will have a focus on helping the students gain a standard diploma, self-advocacy, post-secondary goals, and detailed plan so that when…

1. Please discuss three reasons why the Lobbying Profession is an honorable and necessary one and three reasons why it is a destructive influence on democracy and our system of governing. Lobbying is a controversial topic. However, there are many reasons the profession is necessary. Most Americans do not have the time and resources to lobby for the issues they care about most. They cannot travel to Washington, D.C. or their state capitol to lobby legislatures and political leaders. Instead,…

Conservatives, unlike Democrats claim that Reich’s book, Saving Capitalism, should not be taken seriously because it is inaccurate, goes against the free market and is based on socialism. In the United States, the candidate, Bernie Sanders addresses capitalism and the free market with strong comments that are a parallel to Robert Reich. With tax rates for the rich at an all time low in history, massive tax breaks and tax loopholes for corporations, the middle class has been ousted from their own…

Amy Melissa McKay’s article, “The Power of Negative Lobbying,” discusses the inherent advantages negative lobbyists have in striking down new movements compared to proponents of promoting new legislation. This distinction emanates despite the typically large funding gap between the two groups. McKay calculates a ratio of about four lobbyists proposing new legislation being needed to counteract just one negative lobbyist. Some political scientists have asserted that the amount of conflict rising…

The Internet is getting bigger and bigger every minute. You can practically do anything on there, from buying cars or houses to watching cat videos on YouTube. You can watch movies, TV shows, or you can meet the love of your life on dating websites. I will explain, everyone takes Internet for granted, thinking that Internet is untouchable. Well it isn’t, Net neutrality is the idea that your cellular or cable Internet provider should treat all websites and services the same. Big companies like…

Suffering is an ever-present concern across the globe and it spurs the need for charities and advocacy groups to help bring it to an end. Often times, celebrities become the voices of these charities and advocacy groups because of their popularity and impact on the public. This, however, strikes a controversy regarding the ethicality of having celebrities as public figures for humanitarian causes. It is debatable that celebrities’ vast influence on the public can negatively impact the cause.…

An Interest Group is an “organization whose members have a common cause for which they seek to influence public policy, without seeking political control. Their primary activities are lobbying the members of legislative bodies through contribution to political parties working to elect sympathetic or pliable politicians, and conducting covert or open propaganda campaigns” ("What Is an ...Meaning"). Lobbyists are appointed by interest groups, and paid to influence politicians to vote in their…

Economic interest groups are ubiquitous and the most prominent in all countries. There are literally thousands of them with offices in national capitals from London to Ottawa to New Delhi to Canberra. There are several different kinds of economic interests: business groups (e.g., the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Confederation of British Industry, and the Nestlé Corporation, headquartered in Switzerland and with operations throughout the world), labour groups (e.g., IG Metall…

IMBA 6430 Cohort - A Justin Coffman, Adam Lewis, DaMon Mayers Assignment 2 J.R. Reid, Jonathan Stamberg, Venu Pamulapati With looming EPA regulations on the horizon, Mihocko, Inc. is faced with quite the dilemma. Do they reduce production, employ the use of technological advancements, or simply battle the regulations in congress? All businesses are impacted by government regulations in some fashion, and competitive manufacturing…

The United States is a vast country of many regions, ethnic groups, occupations, and different beliefs therefore; the number of interests groups will continue to grow over the years. Interest groups are an assemblage of individuals who share common objectives and who actively attempt to influence policymakers. They exist for us to have a voice and act upon it. Any individual who is willing to make a difference for their cause is welcomed to join a group. They operate at all levels of the…