Disability and Society in Scotland, UK
Analysis of theoretical Perspectives on Disability in Scotland

Corbett (1991) is of the opinion that the idea of 'normality' that is present in the British culture has a contradiction. He says that it generally creates a fear of being different, while at the same time laying great stress on retaining ones individuality. To achieve this individuality people try to stand out in different areas of life which are valued by other people in the society, which may include sports. As a result they do not ponder over doing something that is very different, something that would not be accepted by the society. So according to Corbett this approach results in doing what has already been done and prevents experimentation on new things. Public responds to this difference through amelioration, punitive treatment or rehabilitation. This basically implies that a society where a sport is looked upon with….

Governments must also make sure that people who are dependent because of a severe disability have the same opportunity to achieve a standard of living that is equal to that of the rest of the people. Non-governmental organizations often assist Governments by devising needs, suggesting solutions and providing services balancing to those provided by Governments. Allocation of financial and material resources by all sections of the population, not leaving out the rural areas of developing countries could be of major implication to disabled persons by resulting in expanded community services and improved economic chances. It is thought that many disabilities could be prevented if measures were taken against malnutrition, environmental pollution, poor hygiene, inadequate prenatal and postnatal care, water-borne diseases and accidents of all types. The international community could make a major breakthrough against disabilities caused by poliomyelitis, tetanus, whooping-cough and diphtheria, and to a lesser extent tuberculosis, through….

Disability1 Rights Activists Demand that MDA. Retrieved September 16, 2005 from http://www.cripcommentary.com/demands.html

his page lists the demands from the Disability Rights Activists upon the MDA concerning the Jerry Lewis Labor Day elethon.

Disability Rights Movement. Retrieved September 16, 2005 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_rights_movement

his Web site describes a brief history of the disability rights movement within the United States.

Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act. Retrieved September 16, 2005 from he U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission web site: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html

he U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Web site provides a wealth of information regarding employment practices, as well as information not only on the ADA, but also on any Act regarding employment, such as age discrimination, civil rights, and equal pay.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Retrieved September 16, 2005 at http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/fdr/struggle.htm

his National Park Service Web site proves information about Franklin D. Roosevelt, including his struggle with physical disability.

Jerry Lewis: Muscular Dystrophy Association. Retrieved September 16, 2005 from http://www.mdausa.org/telethon/

his….

One solution is to employ a trained banking host, who will assess the needs of each client. These do not refer only to disability assistance, but also to everyday banking activities such as making deposits, investing, withdrawals and the like. The banking host can then be stationed close to the entrance of the bank, with a prominent sign to the effect of "banking assistance" or something in the same vein. Persons with learning disabilities can then, without any loss to dignity or privacy, ask the banking host for help in performing their transactions. The banking host is available to all clients, not only to those with disabilities, and therefore there need be no element of self-consciousness when persons with special needs approach him or her for assistance.
If these persons have any problems with completing their transactions, they can also be referred back to the banking host, who can assist….

Disability
The story "The Village Watchman" by Terry Tempest Williams and the film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" both depict families which include someone with developmental disability. In Williams' autobiographical story, it is the author's uncle, Alan, who is described as "special" because his "brain was denied oxygen" during a "breech" birth. In Lasse Hallstrom's film, it is Gilbert Grape's brother Arnie, played by Leonardo di Caprio, whose developmental disability is never specified. However, as with Alan in Williams' story, Arnie Grape's mental handicap is also accompanied by a physical frailty -- as Arnie says repeatedly in the film, "I could go at any time." In both of these stories, we can behold the effects that a developmentally disabled person can have upon his family environment. Gilbert Grape is effectively forced to parent his little brother, because his father is absent and this absence has caused his mother to become morbidly obese.….

It should also be kept in mind that the employee will need regular and easy access to the bathrooms for the insulin shots that she needs. Disability bathroom facilities should be installed for this purpose. These facilities should be fairly close to the employee's workstation. Furthermore, the facility should be easily accessible for a person using a wheelchair or crutches.
In terms of emotional support, an on-site consultant can be hired to help the employee with her transition from convalescence to work, and with the emotional aspects of returning to work in a disabled state. This consultant can also be used for training fellow employees towards sensitivity for the needs of the returned worker.

The telephone switchboard operator who lost the use of his right hand and arm following a stroke can be treated in the same general manner as the checkout operator. A consultation with the employer can for example….

In a case where an employee has epilepsy, the employer and all colleagues should be made aware of the exact circumstances of the condition in the individual employee. The primary concern is the safety of both the involved employee, his or her colleagues, and the workplace. Accordingly, equipment could be safeguarded in order to ensure that an employee is not hurt in the course of a seizure. Ideally, a worker that is epileptic should not be required to operate potentially dangerous machinery.

Reasonable adjustments for a person who is prone to panic or anxiety attacks may include a counseling service to help these persons adjust to their work environment and situation. As in the case of epilepsy, the employee should take responsibility to notify the employer and colleagues of his or her exact needs. The employee can for example be notified in advance of specifically stressful situations in the workplace, and….

Another significant software that mobility impaired people can utilize is speech recognition by using this software a person can dictate the text which they want to type and this software will type it on the screen.
Hearing Impairment: People with hearing or speaking impairments have been using sign language to communicate with others. Technology developed and people with listening impairment were able to take help of assistive listening systems and devices to overcome their problem. Later on computer-assisted real-time transcription (CAT) further helped these people. Certain sounds and beeps that computer make becomes inaudible for the people suffering from hearing impairment. Appearance of visual warning on the screen when computer make any beep or sound works as a remedy for those people who cannot hear properly. Another way in which technology is playing a great part in solving this problem is the flashing of light for example flashing of light….

Slotting summer jobs or paid internships specifically for high school, college and post-grad students with disabilities; (2) Affirmative action and mentoring for people with disabilities. (Whether and how to implement affirmative action depends on organizational culture and applicable law.); (3) Training and professional development for people with disabilities; (4) Accomplishments of goals, services available, etc. In your organization's newsletter, bulletin board and reports, to the extent that other groups and people are included; (5) Track the speed of handling of reasonable accommodation requests and the satisfaction of employees and supervisors with outcomes; (6) Ensure the assignment of people with disabilities in management and other leadership positions; and (7) Managers and employees to be trained and re-trained within time guidelines. (Cohen, 2006)
Stated as necessary evaluation that is ongoing in nature of the success of the organization in making the necessary accommodations provisions for individuals with disabilities are those as follows:….

esearch into possibilities for the prevention of psychopathology among people with ID is of the utmost importance. Furthermore, awareness and education of ID among healthcare professionals, teachers, employers and the general public would serve to provide support for people with this disability, which could facilitate the development of social and life skills, and improve their quality of life.
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Clarke, A.., Tonge, B.J., Einfeld, S.L., Mackinnon, A. (2003). Assessment of change with the Developmental Behaviour Checklist. Journal of Intellectual Disability esearch, 47(3), 210-2.

Einfeld, S.L., Piccinin, A.M., MacKinnon, A., Hofer, S.M., Taffe, J., Gray, K.M.., Bontempo, D.E., Hoffman, L.., Parmenter, T., Tonge, B.J. (2006). Psychopathology in young people with intellectual disability. Journal of the American Medical Association, 296)16), 1981-9.

Esbensen, A.J., Benson, B.A. (2006). A prospective analysis of life events, problem behaviours and depression in adults with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability esearch, 50(4), 248-58.

Hamilton, D., Sutherland, G., Iacono, T. (2005). Further….

Disability Rights Movement and How it Affected Employment
According to the oxford advanced leaner's dictionary disability is the state of being disabled or lack of something that is considered necessary, disabilities could be of sight, hearing, speech and diseases among others. Baron (2002, 585-599) in his studies gave a broader definition of disability in which he termed it as a complex phenomena that reflects on the interaction between the physical body of a disable person and the features of the society in which he or she habitats' in. Important to note is that disability can be present from the birth of a person or it can occur during one's lifetime. Beiser et al.(1994,857-863) in his studies highlighted the types of disabilities to include of physical disability, intellectual disability, developmental disability, mental health and emotional disabilities, sensory disability which is further categorized into visual impairment, balance disorder, hearing impairment, somato-sensory impairment, olfactory….

In some respects, I suppose the filmmaker was illustrating that disabilities can be overcome and that external or superficial aspects about people that seem to be serious disabilities often belie great talent and alternative types of awareness. From my perspective, that serious element or message of the film was largely undermined by the exaggeration of Forrest's accomplishments and by the endless list of his triumphs. The stereotypes that were addressed had to do with the inaccuracies of first impressions and with the incorrect assumptions that the disabled cannot be insightful or physically capable.
4. Images: Discuss how the story line included images in how the person(s) with a disability were portrayed.

One of the more poignant aspects of the film, especially in relation to the manner in which the protagonist benefited from the support of loved ones, had to do with Forrest's relationship with his mother and her constant spiritual and….

The book goes on to say that normalization "would lead to closing institutions and mainstreaming in every aspect of life."
Linton

The first question relative to the Linton book asks how cultural and environmental contributions have influenced how one thinks about responses to people with disabilities. Linton's treatise is a great example of how the author of this paper has used a cultural offering (a book, in this case) as she sums it up beautifully when she says that "it wasn't until then that I gained the vantage point of the atypical, the out-of-step, the underfooted." Being exposed to something like this is a pivotal way to consider it because only being exposed indirectly via movies and such is never going to match a personal experience. The author of this paper has a person very close that had polio and it was clear that he was more self-sufficient than most able-bodied….

Wendell (1996) wrote an article to explore the idea of disability, which is a common issue in the modern society. Disability has generally been utilized to refer to people with certain deformities and inability to function like normal human beings. This general definition has in turn been utilized to create the category “people with disabilities”, which is erroneously based on the perception that disabled people are similar in various major ways. The article examines the concept of disability across different dimensions including the definition of disability, purposes of such definitions, disability identity, and politics of disability identity. One of the ideas emerging from this article is that existing definitions of disability are very narrow and do not incorporate the broad spectrum of issues and experiences of disabled people. Wendell (1996) suggests that definition of disability is influenced by the person/entity defining disability and their objectives in doing so. Therefore, people….

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Memo: Inclusivity in sports

Memo: To the general public

e: Disabilities and sports -- what you can do to change the image of disabled athletes

ecently, there has been a great deal of concern expressed about the modern image of sports: sports have been criticized for being insensitive to the concerns of people who do not reflect the image of the 'typical' athlete, including women, gay people, and persons with disabilities. In fact, people from all of these categories can be extraordinary athletes. The media image of whom and what is constructed as an athlete must begin to change and shift and there must be a national education about the possibilities of persons who defy conventional stereotypes of what it means to be disabled. "People with disabilities have historically been excluded in the realms of sport - where they fail to meet….