Discrimination In The Child Welfare System

Up until the mid 1970's it was actually illegal to be disabled in a sort. It was the 'Ugly Law' which many with Cerebral Palsy suffered greatly from. If anyone was reported ugly due to a deformity of any kind, they would be arrested and taken back home. While not many things like that still happen today, there are situations that happen that are still Ableistic in their own ways. Many crimes that happen against disabled people won't get televised or any awareness raised at all. Parents with disabilities are more likely lose custody of their child, a lot of times for no reason besides being disabled. For intellectually challenged parents there's up to an 80% chance of them losing their child. There are businesses that will refuse to let a handicapped worker to any jobs where they might be visible, some refuse designated parking spaces. The disabled are often paid less, in many places they are paid below minimum wage. Which might be overlooked, if the disability benefits had any help to offer. Unfortunately, disability only offers anywhere from $5k-$7k a year, and the recipient and family they are living with cannot earn more than around $20k a year. The average middle class person is expected to make around $30k a year. Not only must the disabled live off such mediocre wages, but the necessities are ridiculously priced. Manual

In the United States today, there are over fifty-one million disabled adults and children. Throughout our nation’s history, we have not allowed the best treatment and care for these numerous citizens. But, in the recent past, the government has passed laws, made exceptions, and thoroughly tried to provide accommodations to these people with special needs. While this is true, America, as a whole, still views this group as strange or different. Even though this is exceptionally normal, it is not correct. The United States needs to be opened up to the truth about their fellow American citizens. The people of America ought to understand that these disabilities affect not only those who are disabled, but that it affects the family and friends

All of the policies and procedures by which I work are defined by The Children's Act 1989 which legislates for England and Wales. All our Safeguarding measures, Health and Safety policies and Child protection procedures must follow the relevant legislations. As a children’s residential home we have to follow The National Minimum Standards too and it is these

Individuals with disability have had a long history of maltreatment in America. From being thought of as possessed individuals in need of exorcism, targeted for heinous experiments, unknowingly sterilized, being labeled imbecile, feeble minded, and retarded, to being shipped off to state schools or mental asylums, those with disabilities were given no consideration as a valuable and able to contribute member of society. In a speech to congress, Frank Bowe, a highly educated deaf-man highlighted this claim by stating, “we are not even second-class citizens, we are third-class citizens” (Bowe, F. 1977--need citation), and Jim Cherry (2001) furthered the ideal in his words, that prior to “1970 we [disabled citizens] had no right to education, to employment, to transportation, to housing, or to voting. There were no civil rights laws for us, no federal advocacy grants. Few people looked beyond our medical needs” (Cherry, J.L, 2001 http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/0701/0701cov.htm). Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 attempted to fundamentally change how disabled people were reguarded.

When parents became stressed and overwhelmed by the burdening and demanding lifestyle of raising a child with disabilities, they lost sight of strong parent-child interactions (Guralnick, 2000). Moreover, the younger the child, the greater level of burdens the parent’s experienced (Aydin & Yamac, 2014). These burdens and demands that caused family-related stress are categorized by limitations and myriad challenges of the disability, financial strain on the family, time spent caring for the child, and changes in the family ritual (Guralnick, 2000; Parish & Cloud 2006; Schuck & Bucy, 1997). The child depended on the parent for 24/7 support of daily living tasks, with many of these responsibilities continuing through the adolescent and adult years (Tadema & Vlaskamp, 2009). All of these demands were taxing and overwhelming, often causing stress on the family. Yet how the parents coped and handled the demands of raising a child with disabilities defined how stressful their life were. When parents were not able to remain resilient to these stress-related factors, the outcome was detrimental to the child’s development. Studies showed that stress reduced parent-child interactions, social interactions, and a healthy and safe environment, all important to the child’s development and growth (Guralnick, 2000). Because researchers recognized the stress families endured, intervention programs were developed to support the child with disabilities and their family by

For starters, disabled people in the United States were not always treated equal, as they are today. As recent as the mid 1900’s, disabled people were stripped of their rights and experimented on. From 1950 to 1972 the Willowbrook State

By tracing the impacts of this movement, one can gain a better understanding of how fear and devaluing of people with disabilities became deeply embedded in our culture. Doctors were still calling people with disabilities burdens, segregating them in institutions, sterilizing them, and treating them as subhuman as late as the 1970’s. Today, many people still treat people with disabilities as burdens and with fear. During the height of eugenics in America, medical research was being done on people with disabilities (Groce and Marks, 2000). This is a clear equivalent to the status of animal, as only animals and people with disabilities were used in the manner; comparing people with disabilities to animals remains part of our medical and academic culture. In fact, Groce and Marks (2000) challenged anthropologists who consider the value of non-human primates higher than other animals because of their similarities to people with disabilities, connecting these arguments to the American eugenics movement. While the result of the eugenics movement was to devalue people with disabilities, and anthropologists in this case intended to increase the value of the life of the primate, in both instances, the

It is reasonable to argue that, over the last century or so, the United States has made great strides in addressing issues of injustice. Feminism, the Civil Rights movement, and activism from gay men and women have transformed laws and greatly changed the ways in which these populations were once perceived as inferior. There are still major conflicts regarding race relations, just as issues remain with other minorities and women's rights. At the same time, there has been remarkable progress, indicating a nation more aware of its ethical obligation to treat all equally. To some extent, this same awareness goes to the disabled. Unfortunately, this is a population still very much victimized by bias, and because

Peter Singer, claims that “people with very severe disabilities are likely to live lives that are not as good” this blanket statement has raised a lot of questions, whereby, Singer defends his argument by claiming that people with disabilities do not have the same prospects as those born without disabilities. Singer’s claim is based on his assumption that disabled people are not able to achieve a decent level of wellbeing. He argues that people innately believe that disabled individuals are not capable of achieving a normal level of wellbeing due to, his idea, that mothers would not knowingly harm (disable) their children.

The United States criminal justice system is broken. “People around the world face violence and inequality—and sometimes torture, even execution—because of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral aspects of our selves and should never lead to discrimination or abuse” (LGBT Rights). Laws and policies should protect everyone’s dignity and all people should be able to enjoy their rights fully. Around the country, police departments have had incidents of excessive force and profiling. The LGBTQ community is among those that suffer from these incidents. “Discrimination and stigma in society, workplaces, families and communities force LGBT people into unstable situations that leave them

open up the door to more human genetic engineering that could further the agenda of

All they want is to take part of society as a normal individual. The disability-movement has fought for the disabilities rights throughout the years and has achieved goals such as accommodation of architectural infrastructures to serve better people who are physical impairments. The public policies have been great accomplishments because it has helped people with disabilities to be part of society. The disability-movement points out the healthcare finance policies have taken freedom away from the disability community, “ Health-care financing policies force disabled people into Institutions and nursing homes rather than funding independent living. Income-maintenance and public health-insurance policies include “disincentives” that penalize disabled individuals for trying to work productively.”(p.4). The government has done a great job on protecting disabled individuals’ rights. However, the health-care system has isolated this group even more by restricting the level of productivity that they have within the system, as a result this medical model marginalizes this group of people and this program available for this community does not fully address their issues.

provides learning opportunities. It is also a registered charity and has lots of donors including disabled individuals. The article is about a combination of sexuality and disability. The author has also used her sister who has an intellectual disability for reference the sister would call and ask questions like "what does it mean if a guy asks for permission to kiss you". The author also emphasizes to her sister the importance of consent and what it means so she enjoys her sexual experiences at the same time have a healthy sexual life. The author also asks the sister about her wants, needs and desires. The article also explains how the odds are against women especially those with disabilities. They are four times more likely to experience sexual assault, it could be from caregivers, stripped searches, forced abortions, sterilization etc. The article also points out that Canada has a troubling history when it comes to disability and Sex.

Disability rights advocates have great concern about such procedures that eliminate so called “disabilities”. Many argue that the healthy wellbeing of a disabled child is often easily disregarded as limited and disadvantageous, when really many people with disabilities lead full and satisfying lives7. They argue that PGD is a form of genetic discrimination, particularly against disabled people. Professor Mark Henaghan, dean of faculty law Otago University and member of Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART), states that PGD is indeed a form of discrimination. "If you choose an embryo that doesn't have a certain gene, you're discriminating against that defect. It's really a question of whether you think there is any great

While analyzing the article by Parish et. al (2008) the reader could tell that having a child with a disability can cause financial hardships effecting the family’s meals, housing, and telephone services. As the research suggests 28% of children with disabilities are below the national poverty level (Parish et. al, 2008). The research would suggest the biggest barrier for families with a child with a disability would be money. Therefore parents may not be able to pay for services that could benefit their child.