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This paper examines various alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems which are used as devices for assisting those who cannot communicate normally. The paper then describes the symptoms and behaviors of autistic individuals, particularly their communication difficulties. Additionally, two AAC systems that have proven promising for the teaching of autistic children are discussed at length. These include Picture Exchange Communication System or PECS and Computer Based Intervention Programs or CBIP.

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"Children who suffer from Autism and related disabilities characteristically demonstrate delayed speech development, poor verbal communication skills and the frequent use of non-intelligible noises."

Tags:autism, augmentative, communication

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This paper analyzes the article "Assisting Employees around the World" which discusses the unique challenges faced by global corporations in terms of the cultural diversity of their workforce, and the subsequent need for Employee Assistance Programs that focus on issues of cultural diversity.

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"In the new and expanded global workforce of the twenty-first century, the issue of cultural diversity has become increasingly important in the success of multinational corporations. Whether it is an American company opening an overseas location or a foreign corporation doing business on U.S. soil, more and more citizens are relocating for business purposes to countries to which they are not native. These workers often find themselves under enormous stress ? not from the work itself, but from the resulting culture shock, which often leaves them feeling isolated and alone. As greater numbers of corporations are ?going global? by setting up operations abroad, this particular aspect of global diversity is becoming more and more eminent."

Tags:workers, country, support, cost, salary, logistics, relocation, corporation, clients, counselors, problems, aggression, productivity

Abstract
The paper relates that it is estimated that today, twenty to fifty percent of college students are undecided about their educational and vocational futures (Lewallen, 1995). The paper notes that in order to raise both retention rates and student confidence, college counselors must seek a successful method for assisting these undecided students.

Tags:dissertation, proposal, education

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This paper explores the various technologies developed to aid the disabled. In examining these technologies, the paper discusses whether or not assistive technologies remove all the limitations for people with disabilities and liberate them so that they are able to function independently in all aspects of society. It then moves on to explore other factors influencing the ability of a disabled person to function independently. It concludes with suggestions of other steps that need to be taken to improve these technologies.

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"There are several different types of assistive technologies that aid the disabled in their everyday tasks these technologies include electrically powered wheelchairs, computer aided software, functional or electrical neuromuscular stimulation for bowel and bladder control, robotic assisted therapies used primarily for stroke patients, and computer aided seating or cushion designs to prevent pressure ulcers. ("Technology for disabilities")"

Tags:aid, disabled, limitations, function, independent, society, suggestion, improvement

Abstract
In this article, the writer explains that physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is the practice, by a physician, of assisting a patient to voluntarily take his or her own life. Typically, this involves providing the patient with a prescription as the means for death. The writer provides a general overview of PAS focusing on the general nature of the debate, the history of the practice, PAS as an aging policy, the key actors in the PAS debate, policy changes that have taken place with respect to the practice and the current status of the issue.

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"Should people with terminal illnesses who want to die be able to have a doctor help them commit suicide? The debate regarding a proper and ethical answer to this question has continued for decades and it is expected that it will continue for decades more. Dahl Truog defines physician-assisted suicide PAS as the practice by a physician of assisting a patient to voluntarily take his or her own life. Typically this involves providing the patient with a prescription as ..."

Tags:Physician, assisted, suicide

Abstract
This paper presents a speech given in favor of assisted suicide. The paper examines the legal barriers that prevent the performance of euthanasia in most states in the United States. The Oregon law that permits assisted suicide is discussed and the paper acknowledges that the Supreme Court was called upon to decide the constitutional right of the state of Oregon to have such a law. The writer of the paper calls upon moral and humane feelings in an effort to persuade others to think alike, in favor of assisting terminally ill patients to put an end to their suffering.

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"Assisted suicide is in the headlines these days because the Supreme Court is deciding whether Oregon, the only state with a law permitting assisted suicide, is constitutionally able to have such a law. Here is what Oregon's law is all about: "Oregon permits only assisted suicide--the prescribing doctor cannot even be there when the patient takes the lethal potion, usually barbiturates. The patient must be adult, mentally competent, and "terminally ill"--having a life expectancy of six months of less. There is no requirement of "unbearable suffering". Two written requests for assistance must be made, separated by a 15-day interval" (Anon 59). Here is how the case is proceeding in the Supreme Court: "The justices said in 1997 that there's no constitutional right to end one's own life, but they left the door open for states to experiment with different approaches to end-of-life questions" (Henderson 3). And there are medical experts who agree. "Results of a new national survey of 677 physicians... revealed that the majority... believe that physicians should be permitted to dispense life-ending prescriptions to terminally ill patients who have made a rational decision to die due to unbearable suffering...Although the high percentage of physicians who support the ability to prescribe such medications may be somewhat surprising, I believe it is the result of physicians' personal relationships with their patients and the desire to act in the best interest of each patient"
(Anon 1)."

Tags:euthanasia, kevorkian, life

Abstract
Physician assisted suicide is a highly emotional and controversial issue. This paper discusses the difference between assisted suicide and euthanasia, looks at the pros and cons of assisted suicide, reviews existing Florida legislature and examines Dr. Jack Kevorkian's role in assisted suicide. The second half of the paper continues on a more humane note and discusses patients' right to self-determination, issues relating to sanctity of life, pain and suffering and comments on the doctor-patient relationship and potential areas of abuse.

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"Terminally ill patients know when the end is inevitable. They know when continued medical efforts are futile and many simply feel the cure that medical science is thrusting upon them is not worth the increased level of pain and discomfort they cause. When enough is truly enough, some patients will ask their physician to assist them in ending their life. Physician assisted suicide is a highly emotional and controversial issue that has significant ethical, religious and legal ramifications. This high-level paper will discuss physician assisted suicide, citing both pros and cons, examine Florida's legislature and look at the influence Dr. Jack Kevorkian played. The paper continues with a generalized discussion of patients' right to self-determination, issues relating to sanctity of life, pain and suffering and comments on the doctor-patient relationship and potential areas of abuse. While the number of pros and cons presented are equal the value that..."

Tags:euthanasia, assisted, suicide, physician

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This paper explains that the heated arguments in America over the morality of assisted suicide show that there is an ongoing conflict between medical ethics and human rights. The author points out that this conflict is at the heart of the assisted suicide debate, which has been in the news a lot in recent years. The paper suggests that this debate is becoming more intense as more and more Americans are living into their eighties and nineties.

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"The heated arguments in America over the morality of assisted suicide show that there is an ongoing conflict between medical ethics and human rights. This conflict is at the heart of the assisted suicide debate, which has been in the news a lot in recent years, for more Americans than ever before are living into their eighties and nineties. Many of these people do not want to be kept alive by medical science once their health has gotten worse, because when someone is very sick and has no hope of ever getting well, life is no longer worth living and every day just brings more physical suffering and emotional pain. In most Western countries, especially in the United States, assisted suicide is illegal because most people think no one has the moral right to take a human life. "

Tags:assisted, suicide, issues

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The moral issue of physician-assisted suicide is in the forefront of controversial issues being discussed amongst Oregonians today, according to this paper. Oregon's ballot measures 16 and 51 changed the law to legalize physician-assisted suicide - the first state to have such legal rights. This paper gives an inside perspective on the many opinions that the author from Oregon tries to portray.

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""In November 1994, Oregonians voted on ballot measure 16, a measure which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. Under this measure, physicians would legally be able to write a prescription of lethal drugs to adults with a 6 months or less diagnosis of a terminal illness" (http://www.ortl.org/suicide/background.htm). Before this election in Oregon, pro-euthanasia groups had come together and campaigned unsuccessfully in California in 1992, and in Washington in 1991. Perhaps the reason these two states were unable to gain election was because the method of death was legal injection to be administered by the physician. "Exit polls revealed the public's distrust of this method, thus causing the Right to Die campaign to "soften" the method to self-administered drugs. This tactic was better received by the public, and Measure 16 passed by a slim margin of 51% to 49%, making Oregon the first government in the world to legalize physician-assisted suicide" (http://www.org/suicide/background.htm). Thus, from the start of this election, it is easy to observe that not everyone in Oregon was or is excited about this new legalization. Such a small margin of wining was bound to give rise to controversy over the issue, and that's exactly what resulted."

Tags:assisted, care, ethics, health, laws, physician, suicide, Oregon, legal, government

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This paper addresses the controversy over the effectiveness of public assistance programs, contending that in spite of the valid arguments against them, they do work but need improvement. It also mentions the development of public assistance programs.

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"President Lyndon B Johnson initiated the country's War on Poverty in his State of the Union address in which the statement "This administration today here and now declares unconditional war on poverty in America ..."

Tags:poverty, welfare, public assistance, Jewish welfare