Wheelchair

Intro Health as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is “a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (website #1). The definition of disability is not quite so straight forward. Over the last 25 years there have been many different attempts to define disability using different frameworks. The medical model views disability as a condition that is caused by a specific diseases or impairment, which is then assumed to…

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law created for individuals with disabilities. It came about from the disability rights movement where thousands of people began fighting against the segregation that people with disabilities were facing. They voiced that these individuals should be treated equally and get the same opportunities as everyone else and fought to make this happen. The ADA “prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life…

Life is really challenging for any person, we have to set goals our entire life in order to be successful and be where we want to be when we get older. Now imagine having to deal with all of those obstacles in life, plus have a physical challenge. A person has to be motivated to learn or do something that is really hard for them. For example, school work has not really motivated me and my mom tries really hard to find ways to motivate me to do my work and that includes using video games. But…

The mistreatment that disabled prisoner experience by the prison officials can be life threatening. One prisoner sued Florida’s Santa Rosa Correctional Institution after he had substantial injuries when put into solitary confinement, without his wheelchair; forcing him to “drag himself across the dirty abrasive cell floor” (Kam). The treatment of Florida’s disabled prisoners is inhumane and cruel. Florida must improve the conditions of prisons to ensure disabled prisoners aren’t being…

Personally, the section of G. Thomas Couser’s piece, Disability, Life Narrative, and Represention that truly made an impression on me was on page 456, when he writes “Although it is as fundamental an aspect of human diversity as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, it is rarely acknowledged as such.” I was almost unsettled after reading this statement, as I realized that I myself fall into the vast population that is essentially uniformed about disability. Just because those with a disability…

take a look back to the start of this course, I knew little to nothing about the background of this course. I had friends who previously took the course, and with their input, I was still lost. They told me, “you will roll around campus using a wheelchair for the first class session.” However, what they fell to mentioned that this course will change my outlook on life and inspire me to reevaluate my vocabulary. My perspective of people with a disability has changed drastically. As a child…

physical facilities were not accessible by a particular group of students, for example, students with visual impairments and those who use wheel chairs. Some offices at the administration and nearly all toilets were not accessible by students on wheelchair (see appendix 10). Not all classes were specifically designed to accommodate all students. These results were substantiated by data from access audit of the classrooms, buildings and college grounds that involves students. Table 4 shows the…

Once a month I volunteer at a program for adult with disabilities. The program is designed for the volunteers and the participants to get together once a month, either at a group activity or on their own. Activities are determined by the program’s staff and have included making flowers out of paper, a cooking class, trips to restaurants, and playing board games. Recently the program staff contacted me and suggested that the woman I am partnered up with, Ros, and I spend our time together doing…

because she is in a wheelchair. What they do not understand is that there is a beautiful young girl sitting in that chair ready to give hugs, hellos, and kisses. We grow up so narrow minded that we are unaccepting of others, we tend to associate ourselves with people that are exactly like ourselves because that 's the only way we know how, when in reality there are all kinds of amazing people out there. Even though one boy points and laughs at the weird girl in the wheelchair, or a family…

person in wheelchair tried to go up some slopes, and I ran to her and offer my help immediately. She refused my help harshly. But do not be offended if they refused your help because it 's just misunderstanding and miscommunication. Third, talk directly to the user. Even though if we are talking to a person who is deaf, we should still look into his eyes and talk to him. It 's just simple respect. The interpreter would interpret the conversation to him. If talking with a person in a wheelchair,…