Disability: Pay Gap Between Men And Women

Educating people on their ignorance can be helpful. Although it is hard to change someone’s opinion if that is how they already think.

The amount of people who live with disabilities is a controversial number. Depending on what law and diagnostic tools used, a person may have a visible disability, or one that may lie beneath the surface of his or her appearance. Some people believe that the term “disability” is merely a label use to hold back, or prescribe helplessness. Meanwhile, individuals who have been properly diagnosed with disabilities struggle to maintain respect and acceptance every day. In plain language, there is a lot of misunderstanding between people with disabilities and those without. It is firstly important to get everyone on the same page regarding the definition of disability.

Disability is a definition of a physical or mental condition which impacts on a person’s movements, activities and senses. People with disabilities were informed of bias and disadvantages compared to an ordinary person. There are many biases and prejudices contributed to the discrimination of individuals with a disability. Partly because of social connotations the disabled people are useless, cannot work. In fact, these extraordinary people always bring and do incredible things. They not only overcome their grim fate, but also bring good things to life, especially those who are perfectly considering better than an ordinary person, they are not aware of the capacity of individuals disabilities with them characteristics such as loyalty, dedication, and hard work.

For someone with a physical disability and for example wheelchair bound they have to plan outings carefully to ensure where they are going has wheelchair access. Wanting to go somewhere then realising they are unable to get in a building or have appropriate toileting facilities would be extremely frustrating and upsetting for the individual.

In 1817, the American School for Deaf was founded in Hartford Connecticut. This was the first school for disabled children in the Western Hemisphere. Although this was not the beginning of the Disability Rights Movement, it was a start to society, making it possible for people to realize that there were those with disabilities out there in the world and something had to be done. The Disability Rights Movement fought for equal access, opportunity, consideration, and basic human respect along with dignity for those born blind, deaf, or anyone with other forms of physical or mental disability. The purpose of social movements is to provide social change regarding a specific issue in which a particular group of

     When a child doesn’t seem to be learning, some teachers and parents in his/her life might criticize the child and think of them as stupid, or maybe just too lazy to want to learn. What they don’t realize is that the child might have a learning disability. But how are these children being helped? There are many programs, special schools and facilities, home teaching methods and many other ways in which children with Learning Disabilities are being helped.

Looking back in the past, there have been many features, and true definitions of the word disability. In the 1970s a group called the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation defined disability as the disadvantage or restriction of activity cased by social organizations. U.S disability activists made efforts during the 1970s to form different alliances with the disability community, that protested for the inclusion of disability discrimination under the Rehabilitation act. Thereafter there was a medial model at looking at disability, that views disability as an individual shortfall. In

The social model of disability which views discrimination and prejudice as being embedded in today’s society, their attitudes and their surrounding environment.

Disability in a socio-cultural context can be defined as "a barrier to participation of people with impairments or chronic illnesses arising from an interaction of the impairment or illness with discriminatory attitudes, cultures, policies or institutional practices" (Booth, 2000). The traditional view of disability often focuses on the individual, highlighting incapacities or failings, a defect, or impairment. This focus creates obstacles to participation on equal terms since an individual who seems to lack certain capacities may not be able to attain autonomy.

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”

be protected by the A.D.A. this person must have a long standing record of this

The social model states that disability is caused by society, rather than a person’s impairment. It resolves to remove barriers, enabling independence and equality in society, giving the disabled control and choice over their own lives. (scope, 2016).

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, disability is “a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits a person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions or participate in typical daily activities and interactions”. Living with a disability is difficult because it is costly, sometimes requiring therapies, home modifications and preventative and emergency services and so on (Children and youth services review, 2013). Disabilities are a problem because they create inequity. Unfairness promotes greater influence by factors named the Social determinants of health or SDH. These SDH are the aspects of one’s life that influence their health directly. The SDH are relative to any individual, they include an individual’s traits such as, income or education and branch out to the physical and social environment. In an article published by The Toronto Star talking about a woman, Mrs. Bardeau, and her two sons, it is quite easy to see the SDH working behind the scenes. She is a disabled, single mother living on social assistance, raising two children with autism. Her house is infested with bed bugs and it takes months and multiple social justice attempts to have a support network buy new furniture for her home. The SDH that are most influential in her situation are income, social support networks and housing. In order to change the outcome for future instances such as Mrs. Bardeau’s, health promotion strategies can be effective

I researched the historical language used to describe different types of disability. Firstly, I realised how the negative stigma of loss was attached to it (Barton 1996, p.8) and how the commencement of the Industrial Age began the medical labelling of those incapable of working in order to separate them from those who were reluctant to work (Oliver and Barnes 2012, pp. 14-15). Before researching I had not realised the extent that capitalism has had on underpinning the negative language used to define disability (Barnes and Mercer

Imagine living an entire, dreadful life where every item in every single glare was black and white. Or every sprint a person takes leaves the individual breathless. Or picture an innocent, young child who cannot talk or utilize other major abilities like most of the other kids can. These are just few of the many possible scenarios anyone in the U.S., or even the rest of the world, can have. These scenarios so to speak are disabilities. According to (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disabilities) a disability is a physical or mental handicap, especially one that prevents a person from living a full, normal life. Disabilities are indeed categorized as being either physical or mental handicaps, and can range from color blindness and