Radio's Story Of A Disable Person

In order to share my personal philosophy of special education, the first priority is to explain the definition of disability that I am working from. In their book, Exceptional Learners, authors Hallahan, Kaufman, and Pullen define disability as an inability to do something, a diminished capacity to perform in a specific way; an impairment (2015, p.4). This definition is important because of the objective nature it presents for those with disabilities. Nowhere in the definition does it say how to treat people with disabilities, whether it is rude to stare, or to what degree a person should be pitied. The definition explains how a disability simply is an inability to do something. People with disabilities are people. They are normal. They simply have challenges

The movie Radio is based on the true life story of James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, an African-American male with a slight mental disability, played by Cuba Gooding Jr.. The setting of this movie is in the small rural town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976.The movie begins with the main character, Radio, pushing a grocery cart filled with his personal belongings and a radio, which he was affectionately named after, along a train track. During Radio 's frequent journeys through the small town, he frequently passes the practice fields of the local high school football team, the T.I. Hanna Yellow Jackets. During these journeys, Radio 's presence catches the eye of the head football coach Harold Jones, played by Ed

The playwright was trying to get quite a few messages when he created this play. First of all, I believe he was trying to show social change and the power and potential that an individual has inside of them, despite their circumstances. I think that this play/movie reveals the true messiness of life and how with the right mindset, you can make it through anything you

It would be wrong to sit a deaf and blind person in front of a telly, pass a blind person a magazine to read, more forethought would be to get them a book in Braille. Another big issue with people in wheelchairs is to talk to them, most people talk to the person pushing the wheelchair and ignore the person in the wheelchair, just because a person is in a wheelchair it does not mean they are incapable of having a

As a role model to many children, he receives many letters from children who are deaf, have disabilities or from their parents, and he tries to take the time to answer each one personally. He also makes many appearances at events for children with and without disabilities (Who Is Curtis Pride?, n.d.). This says a great deal about his character and how he feels about helping inspire others in the community. By focusing on children, he is changing youth’s outlook on themselves and showing them that they are different, not less, and that they can achieve anything they put their mind to, and be anything they want to be. Just because they cannot hear does not mean that they can’t reach their goals or live their

The film Radio is a true story about James Robert Kennedy who is a mentally disabled man. James is nicknamed Radio because of the fascination that he has with them. Radio’s day consisted of pushing or riding his grocery cart around town and listening to his radio. In the opening of the movie, it shows the abuse that he encountered from society every day. It seems he cannot walk down the street without receiving strange stares from the locals and rude remarks from the football players. This is the normal routine that he went through every day, until a man named Coach Jones from the local high school football team approached him. Coach Jones has observed Radio as he walked by the practices and has seen him get tormented by his players. Jones became interested in Radio and befriended him. He invites him to help out at the football practices and assist at games. The once bullied man who used to shyly walk by the field ends up becoming the star of the team. This concerns some of the community who thinks that he might be a danger and a distraction due to his disability. The movie does not exactly say the name of his disability, but when Jones asked the mother, she says

“As his vacant eyes moved across the crowd of amused onlookers, he slowly mirrored their smiles and finally broke into an uncertain grin at the joke which he obviously did not understand. I felt sick inside as I looked at his dull, vacuous smile, the wide, bright eyes of a child, uncertain but eager to please. They were laughing at him because he was mentally retarded. And I had been laughing at him too. Suddenly, I was furious at myself and all those who were smirking at him. I jumped up and shouted, "Shut up! Leave him alone! It's not his fault he can't understand! He can't help what he is! But for God's sake ... he's still a human being!" The room grew silent. I cursed myself for losing control and creating a scene. I tried not to look at the boy as I paid my check and walked out without touching my food. I felt ashamed for both of us. How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who ­ would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes-how such people think nothing of abusing a man born with low intelligence” (Keyes 185). It is beyond cruel to make fun of someone for their disability, especially when they are not able to understand what is going on. Having mental health issues is nothing to

It was about inclusive education and a parent wanting her child in regular classes instead of the special education classes. The movie showed another parent who had a child with a mental disability that went to a school specifically for children with disabilities and part of their curriculum was preparing them to work in a grocery store and seeing that made me feel uneasy.

In the novel “Deaf Again” by Mark Drolsbaugh, the reader is taken on a journey through the life of the author himself, from birth all the way to present day. Drolsbaugh, a once hearing child but now Deaf adult, takes readers through the struggles and situations he faced as a child born into the Deaf culture, yet still forced to try and suppress his deafness when his ability to hear started to decline. The author shares his experiences of becoming “deaf again”, and how he had to learn for himself what being Deaf really meant in regards to not just in his own life but the people in it. Drolsbaugh’s novel explores many of the issues and debates surrounding Deaf culture, while still giving his personal views and understandings on what it really means to be Deaf.

The film pointed out a lot of subject matter that greatly affects our lives and these are as follows being a Good Samaritan, determination in reaching our goals and dreams, expression of once self, making decisions in the path we take, the different perception of different individuals to a certain subject, our judgement in the life of others, the impact of different exercises/evaluation concerning a person’s multiple intelligence to how he copes with life, and so much more. The Good Samaritan in the film was depicted by Leigh Anne. She portrayed that even in her elite kind of living, she still managed to offer a home for a young man who she had not known except for the fact that she was a friend of her son SJ, although she was a

In the movie Radio starring Cuba Gooding Jr. that was made in 2003 which portrays a man that is mentally retarded. This movie is based on a true story about James Robert Kennedy who was known as Radio. He got that nickname because of his liking of collecting and listening to them. The events of the this story take place in the time of 1976. He was often seen pushing or riding a grocery cart down the street.

Another reason why I think this movie is such a great, inspirational movie is because of how a woman with autism can accomplish something so inspiring that shows people with autism shouldn’t be viewed as someone who can’t do much or someone who doesn’t have the skills and knowledge to do what normal people can. Temple Grandin has probably made a big difference in what people think of ones who have autism and I think that is great. Just because a person has autism doesn’t necessarily mean that people don’t have autism should view them as someone lower than themselves. People with autism are only stronger-willed and even though they may have difficulty with life, Temple Grandin shows that it doesn’t matter if you have autism or not because you can achieve your goals, you just need that determination in your life. From this movie, I have learned that no matter how small other people may think of you, you have the

While watching the movie, it was interesting to see the impact each individual face even when they do not believe it could ever happen to them. For instance, in the movie, Kristen the sole female that is being followed, enjoying her life as a college students with drinking and partying, but the lifestyle in which she is celebrating tragically ends with her being raped. She comes to terms with the ordeal, but is unable to deal with the outcome of her friends not supporting her of being raped. She soon beings to date people of the same sex as she tries to regain herself. As Kristen is trying to be accepted by society with morals she believes is right, she is also unable to accept her true feelings in what she knows is right to her which is being in love with a woman.

When I first saw that we had to write about a T.V. show that portrays an individual with special needs, I immediately thought of the 80’s show Life Goes On. The show was based on a young man diagnosed with Down syndrome. In the show, Corky was mainstreamed in a regular education classroom. The show was based on his struggles at school as well as his struggles to fit in.

Discrimination against disabled people occurs on a daily basis. People living without limitations or without disabled loved ones, often do not understand what these people go through every day, therefore making an insulting comment or rude