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¶ … disabilities as 'deficits.' Even though I did not harbor prejudices against the disabled or regard people who had disabilities as 'inferior,' I viewed disabilities as challenges that had to be overcome. This class has helped me see persons with disabilities as people with particular conditions or differences, not as people defined by a singular characteristic. Everyone has personal deficits and strengths, but needing 'talking books' to read a book does not make a blind or dyslexic person defined by their condition any more than someone who needs glasses to see the same text. Defining persons with disabilities as people 'with' specific conditions, such as saying that Johnny is a child 'with ADHD' rather than a 'hyperactive kid,' much as you would say someone is 'a person who wears glasses' rather than a 'glasses-wearing friend' has been helpful in changing my mindset.
Before I took this course, I also had a very concrete sense of what constituted a disability: I tended to accept the labels created by society that were imposed upon children. Over the course of the semester, I began to question those labels. I have come to see...
Every student will have individual learning preferences and strengths. We all have a slightly different array of multiple intelligences. Learning how to address and honor differences while still creating a cohesive classroom environment is the challenge of every teacher: students with official disabilities are not necessarily unique in requiring additional consideration and support to flourish.
I also had a tendency to question some of the diagnoses of some children with learning disorders and wondered if many learning disabilities were over-diagnosed. The unit upon ADHD has helped me understand that children with the condition have genuine learning differences that are biologically-encoded and make it more difficult for them to focus on one task at a time. Similarly, even if a child is high-functioning and might not have been diagnosed with autism in previous decades, this does not negate the fact that he can benefit from additional learning support and assistance. During the course, I began to question some of my attitudes and wonder if I was too quick to…
attitude of regular education and regular education teachers toward inclusion students. The writer explores the factors that come into play when implementing full inclusion of students with special education needs into a regular education classroom. The writer used six sources to complete this paper. Years ago, special education students were shuffled down to the end of the hall in a classroom that was far away from the mainstream students of
attitudes and values of high school students. Reforms to the high school system in the United States are also explained. Additionally, the reason why students need not be involved in the planning of reforms is elucidated. High School Students: their Attitudes and Values Of a crucial age, climbing a milestone, conscious to their fullest with no fear of prospects, high school students have interested researchers and policy makers for centuries. They
Census Bureau in the United States, there are about 54 million Americans that have some sort of disability. Out of these persons, 26 million persons have a severe disability. While employment rates are concerned, it should be seen that 82% of the people in America without a disability have a job or some sort of business. Keeping this in mind, it should be seen that the employment rate of
Japanese-American Attitudes on Long-Term Care Scheppersa, Dongenb, Dekkerc, (2006) defines the use of healthcare services as "the process of seeking professional health care and submitting oneself to the application of regular health services, with the purpose to prevent or treat health problems." On the other hand, the long-term healthcare is variety of services that include both medical and non-medical procedures for people with disability or chronic illness for a long period.
This is particularly true for students with learning disabilities. Secondary students' reading performance reaches a plateau during their high school years, and it is clear that the performance gap between their abilities and what they are expected to do widens (Mock, 2003). Adolescents who lack basic literacy skills need intensive, focused, sustained instruction to help them catch up with their peers. Conclusion Reading disabilities are life long; however, the effects may
They should also show much strength and character and in that they need immense support of their immediate families. They should not self depreciate themselves because of certain stereotypes in the society. The attitude of the society should also improve but women should not get easily bogged down by it. The have to learn and in most difficult cases taught to value their own self and sexuality more than