Disability Resource Center: Important Core Skills

Although I graduate with my bachelors in November I am still undecided with what I want to do exactly. I know that I would prefer to work with young children. With having siblings born with rare genetic disorders that have affected every aspect of their lives I do find myself leaning toward developmental disabilities. Developmental disability is a group of common chronic conditions which result from physical or mental impairment, causing difficulties in self-help, mobility, and learning. For one to become a specialist in this area, they must possess a wide range of skills. Therefore, this area requires specific skills and experimental background in order to provide better services to people living with developmental disabilities.

I am committed to working with all persons of diverse backgrounds, disabilities and other special needs. Every student should have the experience and ability of working with quality and caring teachers who care enough to take the time to make sure that they are given the tools they need to succeed. My life experiences have shown me how to be a better person and teacher for my students.

The most difficult part of working with disabled adults for me personally is having patients and remembering the circumstances. When I do any task, I want it to be done perfectly whether its cleaning, making dinner, or doing laundry I have a certain way I like things to be done. When my clients try to help, me do these things if they aren’t done the way I like I get annoyed sometimes. I have too constantly remind myself that I am not in my house and that my client isn’t doing it wrong they just aren’t doing it the way I would do it. I also have to remind myself how I would feel if somebody came into my house and tried to do everything little thing for me. I would feel useless and helpless; these thoughts help me to see things clearly and back

The article “introducing disability Studies” by Ronald J. Berger was an eye opener in uncovering the past history of negative stigma associated with having a disability. Through history people have felt the need to stare at people with disabilities or to turn away in fear of maybe contracting the “disease”. This negative attitude was positively reinforced by ordinances such as the Chicago “ugly law” in which a person with physical deformities would have to pay a fine for simply being too “disgusting” looking to other citizens. This law was in place from 1880 to 1973, which is pretty recent in history. However there are positive glimpse in history when it came to uncovering and defining disabilities. Men like Leo Kanner and Asperger have dedicated

Outcome 1 Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights ind inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities

c) Made it unlawful for employers to discriminate against people based on a disability, it gave individuals a greater chance

When analyzing students with disabilities in the college sphere, professionals in higher education must also operate in conjunction with the critical framework of intersectionality. This approach allows one to “capture more fully the complexity of who we are as individuals, [and] acknowledges that each of us possesses multiple identities” (Jones & Abes, 2013, p. 135). As Luft (2009) stated, there are multiple dimensions of social life operating in every micromoment” (as cited in Jones & Abes, 2013, p. 135). As student affairs professionals, it is critical to note the complexities of the college environment, and the changing contexts that affect one’s identity saliences. The “filter” through which students with disabilities view their life

The research in this paper is to discuss strategies used to teach students with severe disabilities in mathematics. “According to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, (AAIDD) Intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills. The diagnoses of the disability should come before the age of 18 (Westling, Fox, & Carter, 2015).” Mathematics is a core subject area that can pose a challenge for a large amount of students in America, and especially those with severe disabilities. “According to a study, only a quarter of students with disabilities that

The three colleges I chose to compare and contrast for disability services are Swarthmore College, Bowdoin College and Haverford College.

EDU-1400 Study of disabilities is a class that aims to educate students on disabilities and the way society and the individual with the disability defines having a disability. This course provides students with the information to see disabilities from different perspectives as well as educating students on the many aspects of having a disability. It allows the student to determine how they perceive disabilities. People with disabilities are the largest minority group and suffers from a tremendous amount of discrimination and prejudice. My goal for this class is to educate myself enough to contribute to lessening the stigmas associated with disabilities.

The school does not provide any services for students with disabilities and would not give support to parents whose child has a disability. The school is an archiodises school, they do not take students who any disabilities because they will not provide services. Parents with disabilities they do not accommodate there needs.

…“Children with disabilities should be educated in the most open and normal environment possible (the least restrictive environment); when needed, evaluations, diagnose, and treatments should be done without stigmatization and discrimination.”… (Pg. 176)

Over time, the view of best practice for educating and caring for people with disability has changed to one of inclusion in all aspects of life in society. In Australia, there was some resistance initially, fear and misunderstanding guided the decision making processes which meant those with disability were kept apart longer than in some other countries (Heward, 2009). Gradually, legislative changes, influenced by medical knowledge and researched based practice meant that people were no longer allowed to be separated by social barriers and were granted legal rights to guard against all forms of discrimination (Dempsey, 2008). In 2014, the expectation is that people with disability are included in all aspects of education with the same

ICF stands for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. It views disability in terms of body functions and structures, activities, participation and important contextual factors, as stated in the ICF PowerPoint presentation (Francaviglia). At the top of the diagram, shown in the ICF PowerPoint presentation, the health condition is described as any disability, disorder, injury, or trauma, but also includes important conditions such as pregnancy or aging (Francaviglia). Moving to the next level of the diagram, the body structures may include the specific limb or organ deficiency, functioning defect, or impairment from the health condition. These body structures effect “the execution of a task or action by individual”

When people have a disability it is life changing for them. They cannot just flip a switch and turn it off; most times it is a permanent ordeal. Participating in this experience opened my eyes even more to specifically what disabled people go through on a daily basis.