Children's Struggle With Disabilities

Having a disability can be very complex and hard to understand. Disability is an individual performing which includes physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual mental illness impairments, and various types of chronic diseases. Living with a long lasting health condition presents many challenges and learning how to meet those challenges is a process that doesn 't happen right away. In the except P.H.*reaks: The Hidden History of People with Disabilities, the playwrights recapitulates on characters who all face some type of disability and it demonstrates perceptions towards disability that have varied significantly from one period of time to another. However, disability is not the impairment itself, but rather attitudes and environmental barriers that result in disability.

During the 1950s, people who had a disability had two options of housing which included living with their families or living in an institution. However, families did not receive much support since most public welfare services were used towards institutional care, such as mental hospitals and orphanages. Throughout the 1960s there were movements to deinstitutionalize, which at that time basically led to smaller institutions. The 1970s allowed for even smaller community-based residential services that were typically designed for not more than 12 people that were similar in terms of age, independence, or ability. Even though different funding was available, many standards were violated in most of the institutions. Throughout the 70s there were movements to close state institutions and provide more community residential services as well as family support. During the 1980s groundwork for families was laid to expand their control of the nature of the support they received and more options were available to help out with living outside an institution. People with developmental disabilities began to gain increased support to having homes of their own during the 1990s and funded had dramatically increased to over $735 for family support programs in 1998. In 2001 the federal government began a new freedom initiative to “remove barriers to community living for people of all ages with disabilities and long-term illness.” In 2011 the decision that the isolation of people with

In the last two decades, doctors and psychologists have gained the ability to diagnose specific disorders in children due to advancements in research studies and technology. One of the major classification of disorders that affect children in middle childhood are learning disabilities. Learning disabilities are a group of disorders characterized by inadequate development of specific academic, language, and speech skills. Speech disorders, Physical disabilities, and Social and Emotional disorders are all types of disorders that can affect and disrupt a child’s ability to learn and acquire new knowledge and skills. A child is considered to have a learning disability when they perform below the expected level of intelligence for their age and there is no evidence of other mental or physical handicaps, such as vision or hearing problems, intellectual disability, or socioeconomic disadvantage. Children with learning disabilities can all exhibit different types of symptoms and repercussions such as problems with math, reading, and writing, articulating speech and understanding spoken language, and motor coordination. For most kids with learning disabilities, these problems can last through adulthood. Fortunately, with early recognition and proper treatment, many individuals can learn and acquire the tools and knowledge to overcome or compensate for their disability. Two of the most common learning disabilities in middle childhood that affect the child inside and outside of the

In the US around 4.6 million people are identified as having an intellectual disability and 25 to 33 % children are born with mental disabilities. Resch J, Benz M, Elliott T. (2012). Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18. In order to determine if a child has intellectual disabilities the child will take a series of test such as an IQ test if the child score below a 70 he/she would be categorize a limitation in intellectual functioning. Beside the IQ test Conceptual skills, social skills, practical skills. Some common types of intellectual

In the future, I plan on becoming an occupational therapist working specifically with children with disabilities. Working with this population can be very challenging, but extremely rewarding. Throughout my career, I plan on collaborating with not only the child but also their family, school, and other related services in advocating for my patient. I will stand by what is needed for my patients and help them receive appropriate services.

Differing combinations of structural factors (such as caste, gender, religion, poverty etc.) intersect with disability resulting in varied individual experiences, but the broad commonalities that shape the lives of people with disabilities in India transcend these divisions. Their lives are largely marked by poverty and marginalisation from mainstream social processes. A recent study by the World Bank (2007), for example, noted that children with disability are five times more likely to be out of school than children belonging to scheduled castes or scheduled tribes (SC or ST). Moreover, when children with disability do attend school they rarely progress beyond the primary level, leading ultimately to lower employment chances and long-term income poverty. Government documents also describe marked variations in the provisions envisaged for different marginalised groups. Historically, SCs/STs have had a strong political lobby since independence and this is reflected in the provisions made for them. Article 46 of the Constitution makes a straightforward commitment to promoting the ‘special care and education’ of SC/ST populations, whereas Article 41 referring to children with disabilities, states: The State shall within the limits of its economic capacity and development make effective provision for securing the right to work, old age, sickness and disablement. The clause, within the limits of the State’s economic

because it may be very controversial for any group of people that may offend them. But most ethicists will believe in one broke down definition. Ethicists will say that morality is how we are supposed to live and why. Furthermore, most people believe in three moral principles; you should not use people for your own personal gain, you should not kill to save someone else, and that every life is sacred. Because there can’t be one definition of what morality is many people argue about many ideas and things making it very controversial. Like in this book a controversial topic may be about handicapped children and how they have to be handled.

This 61- year old claimant is filing a DIB claim alleging disability due to non alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, type II diabetes not controlled, and gall bladder attacks

The claimant was a 37 year old female who alleged disability because of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, personality disorder, and chronic pain. A case manager from a mental health center filled the Continuing Disability Review Report- Form SSA 454 for the claimant. In that form, the claimant reported that she lived in a van, had chronic pain, and “scrounge money for gas and cigarettes.” She indicated that she was forgetful, had difficulty with memory, concentration, understanding and following directions, completing tasks, managing money, and getting along with people. Her “mind scatters due to blood clots/stroke.” She also had difficulty doing chores, using her upper extremities, and lifting objects because of

In conclusion, people with disabilities is an important sector of our population and the rate is increasing in our days. In the United States the Federal Law of Special Education recommends and encourages to professionals to find and work with children with disabilities at early ages. It is imperative to implement early interventions to individuals with disabilities. One of these disabilities is the autism. As a special education teachers, we can use an augmentative intervention in order to help children with autism in their lack of communication skills. I would like to recommend the use of one of the most important interventions when we are talking about lacking in communication skills, PECS. Several studies have demonstrated that PECS is

Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in Today’s Classroom was a very interesting and easy read. The book offered a multitude of strategies when working with both those with learning difficulties and English Language Learners. I will keep this book on my resource shelf as well as offering and sharing it with my colleagues.

Many people in our world are born with intellectual and physical disabilities. These people don’t have any control over how they are born, but we as a nation have the authority over how they are taken care of. From reading the fictional book “Flowers for Algernon,” the nonfiction articles “Disabled Couple Forced to Live Apart,” and “Social Sensitivity.” Many people with disabilities are not allowed jobs and/or education. The percentage of unemployment for people with disabilities is 12.1.

Children with intellectual disabilities have a hard time with memory, they learn at a slower rate than others, they have problems focusing, they expect failure no matter how hard they work, and they have trouble maintain knowledge and skills that they have learned. These children have a hard time with communication, taking care of themselves and sometimes have problems with social

During the many weeks and months of testing no parents want to hear or believe that their child has been diagnosed with a disability. So many parents want to have what some consider a “normal” child and not have to deal with all the challenges that come in dealing with and taking care special needs children. No parent wants their child to be watched at while in public due to strange behavior or actions, nor should a parent want to exclude their child and keep them sheltered because they are different from other children.

​Generally individuals with special needs continue to be the most disadvantaged and neglected in third-world countries (Charema, 2007). This paper is concerned with the moral necessity and biblical mandate of providing special education programs in Christian schools in third-world countries when society in those countries does not recognize or value people with special needs.