Adultism

When I first saw what the topic was for this week’s writing assignment, I was unaware what adultism was. I thought adultism was the same as ageism, so it was confusing to me. When I was looking up what adultism is, I did not know that it was discrimination against younger people. When I was a child I can imagine a time where I did notice that my thoughts, feelings, rights, experiences were not given priority, in deference of the adults in the room. I mean when I younger adults would always say to

When I first saw what the topic was for this week’s writing assignment, I was unaware what adultism was. I thought adultism was the same as ageism, so it was confusing to me. When I was looking up what adultism is, I did not know that it was discrimination against younger people. When I was a child, I can imagine a time where I did notice that my thoughts, feelings, rights, experiences were not given priority, in deference of the adults in the room. I mean when I younger adults would always say

I had never given much thought to adultism before reading the assigned chapters, but I realize now that it affects my life almost every day since I was born. Schools, parents, and jobs control the way we act, look, and what we can and cannot do. I will never forget when my mother got me a shirt with Nintendo characters on it and I wore it to school. The shirt showed a little bit of my belly and a teacher ran over to me as if I pulled out a knife and forced me to wear my hoody zippered up all day

My Brief Time in a Wheelchair Why didn’t she smile at me? Why did he avoid eye contact with me? I smiled, I said hello. Ah, yes. The wheelchair. For a split second, I forgot that I was sitting in a wheelchair as the young couple scurried by me. It seemed so natural for me to smile and greet someone as they pass, and it hurt that a similar greeting was not returned. This was not the only hurtful reaction I received as I learned to operate a wheelchair around a K-Mart. And,

Introduction Discrimination is defined as making a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs to rather than on individual merit (definition 2). Discrimination does not just relate to just one meaning but several, and it can be described in many ways. This action is not only offensive but hurtful as well. Denying any individual a job because of their race, sexual orientation, religion, or gender is an example of

M3 – discuss difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings. There are many difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings such as; * The development of resentment culture. This is when an individual who has been discriminated against builds a hostility towards the individuals who discriminated against them, so that when that individual has children they pass these views to

Introduction Ageism is surprisingly common in Australia, particularly within the workforce. The definition of ageism in working life according to Furunes and Mykletun (2009), is the “stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination against ageing workers, based on chronological age or age categories such as older worker or senior”. This phenomenon has seen older workers increasingly subjected to biases and discriminatory practices when seeking and maintaining employment. Hence, the importance for organisations

Discrimination in Frankenstein Have you ever discriminated against someone or been discriminated against because you were different? Frankenstein is a book that explores society and human behavior when someone different is introduced. It says that humans are not always willing to introduce someone new to their society and that sometimes they tend to discriminate against the different one. To show this, the writer used a monster which was introduced to a human society. This monster is rejected everywhere

Healthcare assistants (HCAs) work within hospital or community settings under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional. As a healthcare assistant, it would be my duty to look after the patient when they are at the hospitals. My duties would include, helping patients to wash, shower or dress serving food or helping people eat making and changing beds turning patients who are confined to bed to avoid pressure sores talking to patients to help them feel less anxious helping patients to

“Who said we all have to talk alike?” by Wilma E. McDaniel, “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare, and “A Child in a Prison Camp” by Shizuye Takashima are all stories where discrimination occurs. The victim of discrimination that reacted the most reasonably was Neffie Pike from, “Who said we all have to talk alike?” Neffie reacted the most reasonably out of the three characters because she did her job to the best of her ability, was respectful and never retaliated when she was discriminated