Disability

Coping Strategies

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Social Changehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE3Mq7c2k8Y

What is Disability?

A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group.

World Health Organization

three dimensions of disability are recognized in The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

body structure and function, activity, and participation

The classification also recognizes the role of physical and social environmental factors in affecting disability outcomes.

Types of Disability

Mobility and Physical ImpairmentsHead Injuries - Brain Disability Vision DisabilityHearing DisabilityCognitive or Learning DisabilitiesPsychological DisordersInvisible Disabilities

Barack Obama

Video by the President Talking about a world without barriers The families struggles with the barriers placed

in front of their family member Education- IDEA Independent Living

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pkdfOOoIw0

Americans With Disabilities Act

Signed into law by George W. Bush in 1990 Civil Rights Law that prohibits discrimination

based on ability Five titles included in the law:

Employment Public Entities (public transportation) Commercial Facilities Telecommunications Miscellaneous

• Protection from retaliation

Section 504

Law attempting to eliminate barriers faced by people with disabilities in public education Identify and Locate Law states:

No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States... shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

IDEA

Individuals with Disabilities Education ActProvide Financial Funds to Schools to

Guarantee Special Education

Self Advocating

This Video is Written and Performed by People with Intellectual Disabilities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOJdaOQP1U

Self Advocating

People First Movement Oregon- 1974 The Language of Disability

• Move away from labels• Older terms: Mentally Retarded People• Newer terms: Person with intellectual disabilities• Emphasize that people with disabilities are people

Self Advocating: Tips

Know Yourself Skill Level, Strengths, Weaknesses

Know What You Need Interventions, Accommodations, Modifications

Know How to Get What You Need Self-education, Communication, Support

Self-Advocacy: Know Yourself, Know What You Need, Know How to Get It by Nancy Suzanne James

Self Advocating

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered http://www.sabeusa.org/ Founded in 1990 Helping people advocate for themselves Full inclusion for people with developmental

disabilities• Full inclusion: all people should accommodate people

with disabilities without any limitations.• Also used in education: mainstreaming

Current Events

Education Secretary Duncan Enforce Civil Rights Laws in schools

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/07/AR2010030702285.html

Australian Court Parents receive court approval to sterilize their disabled

eleven year old• http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/03/09/australia-sterilize/7259/

South Carolina Budget cuts for services Medication maximum Wheelchair accessibility

• http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gip-ZNznBlNloEWf43kz3M0VObyQD9E78QJ00

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB6tyieCd40

Oppression faced by people with disabilities

governmental and organizational indifference and delays, sometimes from the very medical personnel, agencies and individuals meant to help you.

emotional reaction at your change in status from an "able" person to a disabled person.

peer may potentially feel uncomfortable with you.

others to react differently to you than they did before the onset of your disability.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN8EbBpxy10

Causes of continued oppression

Fear, worry and dismay on the part of relatives and friends

Ignorance, lack of information and lack of understanding

Cultural and societal stereotypes, prejudices or bigotry

Hidden or unidentified lack of pressure on the school systems

Lack of full funding and advocacy • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN05UfmIAh4