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    with people who have disabilities, mental and/or physical. According to our textbook about 11.3% of social workers with bachelor's work in this field (Cox, Tice, & Long, 2016, pg. 17). I discovered that I was interested in this component of social work after a traumatic experience that left me with a disability. Component of Social Work A disability is usually defined as a decline in function that can either be temporary or permanent. There are two main groupings of disabilities; categorial and functional

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    Association, autism is defined as: “difficulties in social interactions and communication, as well as perseverative and ritualistic behaviors” (Gillham, 2000). Autism is just one of the many intellectual disabilities that involves difficulty with communication. Children who grow up with these types of disabilities may suffer from being non-verbal or not able to communicate with anyone around them. This can cause them to live an untypical life as a kid and make them stand out a different. Communicating with

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    movie, Arnie is looking forward to the birthday party his family is going to be throwing for him for his 18th birthday. The movie is based on how the members of the Grape family are affected by Arnie’s disabilities, and the daily struggles they go through while caring for a family member with disabilities. All of Arnie’s siblings help out, but Gilbert does the majority of the

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    VII. Evaluation 11 VIII. Budget Summary 12 IX. Program Budget 15 X. The Group Process 17 Summary of Proposal In the 19th Century, The Government of Canada opened the first institution in 1876, for people with developmental disability just outside of Orillia. The facility had 2,600 residents by the year, 1968. The number of institutions and the residents were growing continually in the

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    The Olmstead case began in 1995 with two women, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson who had developmental disabilities and a history of institutional treatment for psychiatric disorders. They were voluntarily admitted at different times, to a secure unit of Georgia Regional Hospital to stabilize and administer to their immediate needs, then continued treatment on an out-patient basis which was the normal course of action for this hospital. Through clinical assessments, the treating physicians determined

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    Doka, K. J. Individuals with intellectual disabilities: Struggling with loss and grief. In RESCARE NZ. Retrieved from http://www.rescarenz.org.nz/Publications%20&%20Papers/ciwid.pdf In his article Dr. Doka addresses the reasons that persons with ID need counseling, and how to better support them during times of grieving. He explains there are several reasons for improved bonding in the disabled community. These include a longer lifespan, and better community activities in group homes. He points

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    The term Cognitive Disability is rather a broad term. Before 2010 the term mental retardation was used instead of cognitive disability. The stigma that comes with the term mental retardation caused it to be changed. When Rosa’s Law was passed in 2010 the term changed. IDEA changed the terminology but the definition remained the same. (Partners Resource Networks,2011) In article 7 it states that Cognitive disability manifest during the developmental period and is characterized by significant limitations

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    How has the label of “Mental Retardation” been used to discriminate against people and do you think the term, "Intellectual Disability" would have a different connotation? Society has a different intake in everything, as individual we are expected to do certain things, live certain way, and be certain way. Occasionally, when we fail to live to these expectations we are often excluded from certain groups and may not regarded as typical human beings. The term “Mental Retardation” might be the perfect

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    system as best-interest but cold and inflexible with no other options. The movie did not address that there are government programs that help specifically with DD parents and even the same parents that are raising DD children. The Division of Developmental Disabilities is a federal department operated independently by each state with multiple support options anywhere in the US.      The movie tells a great story, and the work the actors put into their roles is even more impressive after watching the documentary

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    Intellectual disability is a disability described as a significant limitation in both academic performance and in use to behavior, which characterize many daily social and useful skills. This disability starts off earlier than the age of 18. An intellectual disability is usually seen as occurring if the problem has existed during childhood, rather than happening later in life. People with developmental disabilities shows difficult behavior, that is, a capacity or how long of that the physical safety

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