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¶ … Handicapped:' a substitute word or phrase that communicates a more positive attitude toward people with disabilities
The difficulties we have in talking about people with disabilities are not simply failures of language. They also reflect the difficulties exhibited by members of our society in terms of thinking about what it means to be disabled. As noted in the essay "What's in a name: The use of first person language," author Scott Modell notes that we would not speak of someone with classes as a 'glasses-wearing friend' or a 'hearing-aid wearing friend' but we often speak of a disabled child as a blind child or a deaf child. This suggests that when someone has a disability, we have a tendency as a society to reduce that person to the status of his or her disability, rather than see the person simply as a unique individual. Everyone has, within his or her character, certain differences and...
However, certain qualities known as 'disabilities' have been given additional prominence and are often used to single out certain students within the school system in a negative fashion.
Students with disabilities have genuine 'additional' needs, and educators must be able to speak about those needs without seeming to engage in reductive language. Using 'person-first' wording, says Modell, is required. Saying 'a person who is blind,' or 'a person with autism,' versus a 'blind person' or 'autistic person' is preferred. Instead of saying that an office is 'handicapped accessible,' simply say that the office is accessible. Speak of additional needs not problems. Of course, some might protest it is best not to speak about such differences at all, but ignoring differences does not support students' needs either. Simply treating every child…
This was usually the case with the proliferation of British rule at the time; trade was the predecessor to British Colonialism. For administrative purposes, Singapore became a part of Penang and Malacca which were two other settlements in the region. By 1826 these areas were grouped together and became known as the Straits Settlement. Initially the centre of the Straits Settlement was Penang. Penang was governed by Calcutta and
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
She answered that no one had condemned her. Jesus then said to her, "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin" (John 8:11). Because the woman was not stoned in the end, many interpret it to mean that Jesus changed Mosaic law and then this argument is extended to capital punishment in general. However, Jesus still left the opportunity for her to
Jesus' Teachings, Prayer, & Christian Life "He (Jesus) Took the Bread. Giving Thanks Broke it. And gave it to his Disciples, saying, 'This is my Body, which is given to you.'" At Elevation time, during Catholic Mass, the priest establishes a mandate for Christian Living. Historically, at the Last Supper, Christ used bread and wine as a supreme metaphor for the rest of our lives. Jesus was in turmoil. He was
Instead of pretending that racism and its effects no longer exist, we need to strengthen affirmative action and devise a new set of policies that directly tackle the racial gap in wealth." (Derrity, 1). That, in a nutshell, is the position of this paper. America has not given affirmative action enough time to act. Moving forward, we should continue our affirmative action policies, but with an end in mind. Economists