High Incidence Disabilities Case Study

2. Explain two reasons why it is necessary to consider AT for students with disabilities.

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

There are many acts that help the employees within the workforce. The acts we will be discussing are as follows: Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Family Medical Leave Act, and Fair Labor Standards Act. We will also be discussing harassment, diversity, and grievances.

There are several legal and social foundations that are related with the Individuals with Disabilities Act. (Legal: constitution, 10th and 14th amendment) social foundations (what people thought about disabilities in the past) connect Willowbrook, early researches from 17-1800.

The main problem that I perceive from the Case of Leigh Scott is that both Dale and Aaron are doing the same work, with the same grades yet one has an explicit learning disability who receives lots of support and the other is not receiving enough support. Dale has a clear learning disability and thus receives not only support from Meg, the resource room teacher, who “helped Dale prepare for Leigh’s class” (Leigh Scott: Case Study, p. 29), he also receives support and encouragement from Leigh even though he does not do much work. Aaron on the other hand receives little to no support from Leigh even though he has constantly not come to class prepared, puts his head down during discussions and has done poorly on his assignments.

These students have normal and sometimes above normal intelligence but they struggling with problems that hinder them from learning and progressing like other students. More recently it is thought that a student with learning disability could show one of more than 500,000 combinations of cognitive or socioemotional problems (Heward, 2010). Learning disabilities cause students to struggle with so many things in school such as academics, emotions, and socializing and learning disabilities also cause students to have problems away from school. Students with learning disabilities may experience problems with learning to read or comprehend what they read, learning to do math or develop mathematical reasoning, learning vocabulary, spelling or the written language, and learning to get along with others and exhibit appropriate social skills. They may also have problems with paying attention, hyperactivity, and sometimes behavior,

Federal laws governing special education students require that they receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) protects the rights of students with disabilities and allows parents to develop an appropriate education for their child. Under this act, schools also receive funding for special educational services. The state of Texas has its additional set of guidelines that schools must follow. These rules are established in the Texas Education Code (TEC) and the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) (Texas Education Agency, n.d.). TEC provides details about the process of creating an Individualized Education Program (IEP), student criteria

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

The American Disability Act is a federal civil rights law passed in 1990 and went into effect at the beginning of 1992. The purpose of the Act is to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in employment, programs and activities offered by state and local governments (Peak, 2011). This essay will explain how the job design in criminal justice agencies need to take into account the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Acts in making reasonable accommodations for disabled employees. I will also discuss the rationale of the majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions of Tennessee v. Lane, as to whether Congressional passage of the ADA exceeds its authority under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

REPORTER: The reporter/ Care Manager (Linda) called with concerns for the victim, Gary. Gary utilizes a wheelchair and he can not walk a long distance; Gary can perform his daily ADL’s. Lisa lives in the household with Gary, and she is his caretaker. The reporter went to visit the home today (03/09/2016) and noticed that the victim was outside in the road sitting in a chair with a shoes or a shirt on. Gary reported that Lisa (medical POA/daughter) put him out of the home. Gary and Lisa got into an argument because Gary accused Lisa of taking his 1600 dollars. Gary reported that Lisa didn’t purchase him any diapers or any other necessities; Lisa didn’t buy him anything. Gary said Lisa got into his face and he pulled her hair. The reporter spoke

Insufficient Documentation to show conformance to procedural requirments when a disability determination is based on failure to cooperate

In which cases students that come from disadvantaged homes, have learning difficulties that go away, misses extensive amounts of school and it affects their grade, students with vision impairments, or students that are cognitively below the learning standards and it affects their everyday living. Students must be affected in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, writing, processing, and mathematics.

Simcoe county is mostly focusing on finances when it comes to disabled people. Simcoe County supports the Ontario disability supports program, which supplies finical assistance to those who have trouble seeking and maintaining employment because of their disability (County of Simcoe, 2012d). Simcoe County should revision the current plan using a family impact lens by fully implementing the Ontario disability support program and applying assistance to those who are disable through helping them gain skills to maintain and receive a job. This recommendation aligns with Ontario’s policy’s, as Ontario offers employment support to those who are disabled by supplying; job coaching, assistance finding jobs, transportation assistance, equipment needed

On the other study conducted by Waldron, the results show that children with learning disabilities did poor on math compared to children without learning disabilities. Programs to help children with learning disabilities improve in math should be enforce in every school to help these children succeed. The dropout rate on children with learning disabilities was 14.1 percent on a longitudinal study conducted by Doren. The reason for dropouts was that children with learning disabilities felt they were not compatible academically as children without learning disabilities. They felt disadvantaged compared to the other children. This shows that children with learning disabilities are in greater danger to dropping out of school. Programs designated for children with learning disabilities to help them on their reading, math, and writing would drop the rate and help those students graduate

The modern classroom has many challenges that face it. Shrinking budgets, less parental involvement, higher expectations, and growing class sizes, just to name a few. If this list was not daunting enough you also have the special needs students that have an array problems in your classroom that need specialized attention, lessons and seating. There are many forms of diverse learners from students who suffer from ADHD to physical disabilities to students with autism to ones that are bullied in school. There are so many things going on in our students lives we sometimes forget they have lives, pressures and disabilities that affect their performance and attitude in our class that have a profound impact on how they learn. For this paper I