My Study For People With Disabilities

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

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

The purpose of this work is to inform the public about what it is really like for people with disabilities both inside and outside the United States. For example he talks about how during research that the Human Rights Watch conducted, they “found that some school administrators refuse to admit children with disabilities because they believe these children are unable to learn, unsafe around other children, or engage in disruptive behavior” which is a harsh reality for disabled kids around the world because they are seen as inept, or unable to do the same as the kids without disabilities.

Over the course of this semester, I have come to the realization that above all, students with disabilities need to be treated with the respect and dignity that one would give any other child. This is why it is important to talk to and about people that have disabilities with “people first” language (Evans, Civil Rights Final Day, 9.17.16). This stems from the idea that a perceived disability is just one of a person’s many attributes. Students with disabilities are people that have individual abilities, interests, and needs. By using “people first” language, one emphasizes the importance of the individual over their diagnosed disability. According to The Arc, an organization that advocates for people with disabilities, “the language in a society used to refer to persons with disabilities shapes its beliefs and ideas about them” (The Arc, 2016). Using “people first” language not only ensures the person in question knows that they are valued, but it also helps set a precedent for the perception of people with disabilities in one’s environment. It also gives the student the opportunity to define his/herself, instead of being identified solely with their disability (The Arc, 2016).

Today’s society is different in its thinking when dealing with people with disabilities. There had to be many changes made in its labeling, and approach when dealing with people who may have physical/mental differences. The ostracize behavior that people were known to disturb in society has changed a great deal, due to the many federal laws that have been put in place to insure the well-being of people that have disabilities. In 1972, one very well-known case is Mill vs Board of Education of the District of Columbia this case address how the constituted rights of students were not being meet by not providing them with a public education.” Many disabled children had been excluded from public education prior to 1975,24 Congress, through the Act, sought initially to set up a process by which states would find children in need of educational services and bring them into the system”(Kotler, p.491,2014).

People with disabilities are the nation’s largest minority and one of the few minority groups that any person can join at any time.

Miami-Dade County is one of the most populated counties among all the county in Florida. It is essential to the Dade County official authorities in making plan to support the increasing population of people with developmental disabilities. As one of the amendments of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 stating that each individual with any types of developmental disabilities should have all the rights like the general population. “People with disabilities have the same right to lead productive, independent lives as other citizens, and communities benefit from diversity including having people with developmental disabilities integrated into school, work, religious, and social organizations” (Collins-Bride,

In nineteen ninety Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. This act was established in order to eliminate discrimination of people with disabilities and to break down barriers in society that limits the freedom a disabled person. According to Section 2 Subsection A part one, "some 43,000,000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities, and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older." As the number suggests there are a lot of people that would be classified as disabled making this act very important. This paper will look at the Americans with Disabilities Act as how it pertains to helping people with disabilities based on who is covered, what are their rights, and what legal actions

People with disabilities experience significant health disparities compared with people who do not have disabilities, yet they are not included in major Federal health disparities research, as mandated by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 and undertaken by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) and other centers and institutes of NIH. It is very difficult to determine accurately the extent of the overall current Federal research effort aimed at addressing health disparities and promoting health and wellness for people with disabilities. This problem stems in part from the fact that no single Federal agency collects and catalogues health, health disparities, and health promotion research for people with disabilities conducted across all the agencies that have a role in health. Federally conducted or supported disability and health research appears to be poorly integrated into overall health disparities and health promotion

Research conducted through surveys shows that people with disabilities believe the implementation of the ADA has improved their lives significantly. The ADA’s most prominent effect has been changed in access of accommodations, giving people the ability to access restaurants, stores, beaches, and other public places. Along with improving access for people to live and work independently (Frieden, 2015). While organization leaders agree that the ADA has significantly affected the lives of individuals, they concur that there are still gaps in communities to fully integrate the ADA. People with disabilities are themselves attempting to enhance their group's functioning and working with communities to identify the ADA standards (Frieden, 2015).

Research and Training Center on Independent Living. (1993). Guidelines for reporting and  writing about people with disabilities (4th ed.) [Brochure].  Lawrence, KS: Author.

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.

Living with disabilities on a daily basis can be more difficult then some realize. Many people who are born with developmental disabilities start their education and therapy at a very young age and there are also those people who have been diagnosed with a disability sometime during their lifetime. But what is there for them to do once they have graduated from high school or are told they are too old to continue in a regular school or they are simply told they aren’t accepted in the “normal” community? In all reality there really

All people who have brown hair are not alike. All people who have disabilities are not

When people with disabilities are included in the making of media content, they are able to “debate the societal issues related to them that rarely make the mainstream press” (Haller, 2010, p.117). This means that they can bring up problems that they have personally experienced and help educate society on how those problems can be resolved. News about disabilities should be included in the media more often in order to help able-bodied people become aware of disabilities and avoid the stereotypes that have been created. If a person with a disability helps make a story about someone with a disability, they can make sure the story explains the necessary issue and disregards any stigmas. Beth Haller describes in her book Representing Disabilities in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media that “historically, articles about people with disabilities rarely made it into the news, and, when the articles were written, that they were misrepresentative and stigmatizing” (2010, p. 119). In addition, an individual with disability can