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Disability in the Workplace and "Forest Gump", 2006.
An analysis of the film, "Forest Gump" and the uplifting message it holds regarding people with disabilities.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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The film "Forest Gump" portrays a man with an IQ of 75, reminiscing on his life story as he sits at a bus stop. With such a low IQ, the protagonist, Forest Gump, was judged to be too unintelligent to go to school with normal children. He is in fact what many unkind people might refer to as retarded. However, the movie is uplifting, in the sense that it portrays Forest having a very successful and intensely interesting life. This paper summarizes the film "Forest Gump" and analyzes its message about people with disabilities. The paper contends that the movies makes a very positive statement about the potential for people with disabilities in the workplace.
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Role Transition and Disability, 2004.
Discusses role transition after disability with reference to disability management.
1,808 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses the transitions that individuals often go through as they leave one role and assume another role. In particular, the paper focuses on role transition and disability management after a disability.
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"Blake E Ashforth has argued that as individuals exit one role and enter into another they experience a number of changes that interact with an individual's global self-identity. Many role transitions are spurred or accompanied by psychological motives whereas others are seen by Ashforth as necessitated by changing life circumstances. The subject is of significance to individuals working in the field of disability management. Laura Trupin Douglas Sebesta and Edward Yelin noted that many disabled individuals in the workforce..."
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The Construction of Disability, 2008.
An analysis of the history of the construction of the normative with regards to disability.
1,217 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explores how normalcy and disability are constructed, with particular reference to the field of education. It argues that the construction of the "normative" is a manifestation of social and cultural power "written" upon the bodies of people with and without disabilities by medical authority. It explores issues of discrimination, as well as concepts of the medical and social models of disability to better understand how disability construction has historically occurred and continues to define disability in an inequitable way today.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The "Normative" as a Discriminatory Cultural Construct
Assessment of Disability and the Medical Model of Disability
Analysis
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"As the above discussion indicates, there is considerable reason to be concerned at one's being assessed as possessing a disability. First, it is necessary to recognize that while such assessments are often arbitrary, they nonetheless produce considerable cultural meaning that has historically been applied in a discriminatory fashion. Second, it must be acknowledged that this discriminatory process has - in its implied construction of a "normative" or standard of normalcy - clear analogues to discriminatory practices that have historically reinforced sex, race and gender discrimination."
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Physical Disability Within the Family, 2008.
This paper looks at the impact of a physical disability within the family dynamics.
2,954 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 33 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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In this article, the writer discusses the effects of a physical disability on the family unit. The writer looks at whether family members and others in the medical and mental health fields are doing enough to ensure that patients that must deal with disabilities get the best care possible for all of their needs. The writer maintains that family members and medical professionals often look only at the physical aspects of the disability and therefore they do not do enough to study and help the emotional and behavioral issues that may also come along with certain physical disabilities, such as anxiety stemming from the diagnosis and the worry that comes along with that diagnosis. The writer concludes that more focus on specific disabilities would likely also be very helpful when it comes to looking at mental and emotional health issues and how family members react to those kinds of problems.
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Main Area of Study
Brief Review of the Literature
Critique of the Literature
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"The main issue that must be dealt with here is whether family members and others in the medical and mental health fields are doing enough to ensure that patients that must deal with disabilities get the best care possible for all of their needs. As has been mentioned, family members and medical professionals often look only at the physical aspects of the disability and therefore they do not do enough to study and help the emotional and behavioral issues that may also come along with these types of physical disabilities, such as anxiety stemming from the diagnosis and the worry that comes along with that diagnosis. When someone has a physical disability that can be cured, the suffering from it and the problems that they face with it are usually relatively short-lived and overall these kinds of physical disabilities do not contribute to long-term pain and significant mental or emotional problems.
"However, where a chronic or permanent disability is concerned, patients and their families must deal with the physical disability for a much greater period of time, and the emotional stress that this places on the family can become very uncomfortable and painful for them if there is no effective way of treating it or no outlet for the feelings that the patient and the family often has where the physical disability is concerned."
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The Effects of a Learning Disability, 2007.
This essay considers the effects that having a learning disability, such as attention deficit disorder (ADD), can have on a person's life.
2,074 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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In this article, the writer relates that learning disorders can be lifelong conditions, which, in many cases, can seriously affect many aspects of a person's life: work or school, family life, daily routines, and, in some cases, personal relationships and friendships. The writer notes that in some people, there are often many overlapping learning disorders, while others may just have a single learning difficulty that has little impact on other parts of their lives. This paper looks at the effects of having a learning disability by examining the ways in which the disability affects thinking and problem solving.
Outline:
Introduction
Identifying Learning Disorders
Developmental Language and Speech Disorders
Academic Skills Disorder
Conclusion
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"A learning disorder cannot be diagnosed in the same sense as mumps or chicken pox, which is conditions that have a single, known cause, and which follow a predictable set of symptoms. Rather, LD is a broad term, embracing a pool of possible causes, treatments, symptoms, and outcomes. This is partly due to the fact that learning disorders can appear in many different forms, which makes any diagnosis complicated. However, not all learning problems are essentially learning disorders. Some children are just slower in developing certain skills, due to natural differences in their rate of growth and development."
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The Need for Technology at the Disability Services Center, 2008.
A discussion of the lack of adequate facilities and technology for disabled university students at the University of California of Irvine and a proposed solution to this problem.
3,960 words (approx. 15.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 107.95
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This paper addresses the failure of the Disability Services Center (DSC)of the University of California of Irvine to provide adequate testing facilities and space, the Center's poor utilization of technology for internal systems, and an internal and external misunderstanding of the necessity for their services and why those services are critical to the student with a disability. The paper suggests that the University needs to invest in technology to research and justify expansion of DSC space, testing facilities for reasonable testing accommodations, and advanced training in web technology. The paper also advocates the need to make the students, administrative staff, and the general public more aware of the needs of disabled students. Finally, the paper suggests transitioning to a more web-based system, which would simplify the systems at the DSC.
Table of Contents:
Executive Summary & Introduction
Literature Review
Problem Description
Research Study Setting: The Disability Services Center
Methods
Results: Hypothesis
Data Analysis
Discussion
Design Recommendations
Conclusion
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"It is very apparent from the research that the DSC needs to address the cumbersome paper system. A web based questionnaire, or e-mail survey (not PDF form) one that could be filled in by the professor, and then returned and put into a database, would help eliminate much cumbersome repetitive filling out of forms by both students and professors. It would also create expectancy. If professors have discussed the reasonable accommodations with students, faculty will expect the required forms to come by one particular communication vehicle. If everything is sent out via e-mail, both the professor and DSC staff will expect it. As the professor indicated, the web might be a better way to address the issue, with professors and students signing on to complete necessary paperwork. This eliminates looking through a lot of junk mail or junk e-mail. This web based system would also allow the student to check back and make sure the faculty member had signed off or did the necessary work to make the reasonable testing accommodation occur. This creation of this type of system could take a lot of paperwork off the DSC."
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Disability Management in Canada, 2004.
Discusses Canadian approaches to disability management in workplace.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper discusses the impact of corporate culture on the practice of disability management in Canada.
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"The purpose of this report is to examine the literature on disability management practices in paternalistic and democratic corporate cultures. Disability management generally includes providing disabled workers with the tools and services needed to facilitate as rapid a return to work as possible. The concept of disability management is built on the belief that rising disability costs can be managed ..."
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Career Development and Disability, 2004.
A paper discussing some of the difficulties faced by individuals with disabilities in the realm of career development.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 31.95
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This is a paper about career development and disability. The paper discusses career problems encountered by adults with sensory or physical disabilities and explains the various difficulties that must be overcome. The paper also looks into the impact that the expectations of others have on individuals with disabilities.
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In their article, "Life-span Perspectives on Disability and Work: A Qualitative Study", Liza M. Conyers, Lynn C. Koch and Edna Mora Szymanski offered an insightful perspective of the career problems encountered by adults with sensory or physical disabilities. For them the transition from college to the working world often entails the need to reach higher expectations with decreased assistance in a wide variety of areas. Their struggles to carve a niche in the working world by overcoming various obstacles associated with their disability, ethnicity and gender can often lead..."
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Disability and Education, 2008.
This paper explores the barriers to education that students with disabilities face in Canada.
1,139 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper discusses how students with disabilities face considerable challenges in their efforts to achieve an education in spite of their rights being defined and protected by the law and by policies enacted by educational institutions. The paper shows how a range of institutional and social factors block the educational aspirations of students with disabilities, at both the secondary and postsecondary levels, even in progressive societies such as Canada. The paper emphasizes how laws and policies are not enough without the will and the general acceptance of the need for inclusion, support services and accommodations for students with disabilities.
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"People living in Western countries such as Canada tend to believe that they live in societies governed by laws. However, one of the ironies that is commonly noted in the scholarly literature on disability with respect to access to education is the fact that not only the spirit, but often even the letter, of laws supporting the rights of students with disabilities are often ignored or violated by educational institutions, boards and local and regional governments. As critics note: "According to the National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities, "administrators sometimes react to requests by interpreting the laws arbitrarily and by setting contradictory or inequitable policies. . ."(Wilson and Lewiecki-Wilson 298)
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Willowbrook and the Disability Rights Movement, 2000.
An analysis of the contribution of the investigation of Willowbrook State Hospital in 1972 to the rights of the disabled in recent American history.
2,833 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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The disabled in America have long been degraded and oppressed. This paper shows how, only in recent years, they have been granted basic rights as Americans. It argues that this change has occurred, in large part, because of acceptance and public awareness and because of the nationally syndicated investigation of Willowbrook State Hospital in 1972.
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"The Willowbrook investigation was followed by a flurry of social changes and laws benefiting the disabled, but the public and lawmakers had little real knowledge of the disabled and their sweeping assumptions did not come without a price. Laws helping some ended up hurting others, yet by the end of the twentieth century the American?s with disabilities act issued in a new age of the disabled, one of acceptance and accommodation (Fleischer & Zames, 200-215). This change was long overdue; America?s sad history of treatment of the disabled can be traced back to colonial times. Despite the intolerance of the disabled in America, some were still able to become successful; America?s first major disabled figure was our 32nd president (Fleischer & Zames, 1)."
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The Disability of Dysgraphia, 2008.
This paper studies the learning disorder of dysgraphia.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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In this article, the writer researches the problem of 'dysgraphia' including the history, symptoms, statistical information and treatments if any. Further, the various types of assistive technology tools that can be utilized to improve the functionality of an individual in an educational environment with this specific disability are explored. This work also addresses the legal responsibility of the educational system in provision of such devices.
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Objective
Introduction
Responsibilities of Schools
Assistive Methods
Assistive Technologies
Summary and Conclusion
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"One example of this type of device is the AlphaSmart 3000 keyboard which has a very simple operating system and all the student has to do is turn it on and begin writing. The AlphaSmart automatically saves whatever is typed, the student may work back and forth between documents editing, copying and pasting and the AlphaSmart interfaces with both Macintosh and PCs.
"Another tool that is useful for the student with Dysgraphia are 'Prewriting Organizers'. The writing process is inclusive of several stages including the planning stage which involves ... "
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Crohn's and Disability, 2008.
This paper discusses Crohn's disease as a debilitating disorder.
2,623 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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In this article, the writer explains that Crohn's disease is a debilitating bowel disease that has no known cause and very limited treatment options. The writer then discusses symptoms and the diagnosis of Crohn's disease. The writer maintains that individual and long-term counseling with an individual who is particularly sensitive to the devastating effects of chronic illness, and specifically "invisible" illnesses as one counselor puts it is the key approach to maintenance counseling for Crohn's disease. The writer concludes that just as the disease is variable in individuals so must the approach to resolving the many issues that are faced by individuals who have it.
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"The disease itself is a clear robber of vitality, as the individual does not get the needed nutritional elements to gain weight, and in women mature sexually and potentially menstruate for the first time. The body is placed in position of shock with regard to physical growth and development and if the disease's onset is early enough this can stunt growth for life or completely destroy one's body image, another potential psychological problem. Thompson points out that the age group of typical onset is particularly vulnerable to impatience and therefore may feel devastated by the length of time it takes to elicit treatment results, and restore the body to its normal state, and appearance."
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Old-age, Survivors & Disability Insurance Program, 1983, 1987.
Discusses the congressional reforms of Social Security Program. Gives a background of OASDI crisis, need for reform, institutions & individuals affected, available alternatives and implementation.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 11 sources, $ 79.95
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" This paper analyzes the recent (1983) congressional reforms of the Old.Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (OASDI), better known to most people in the United States as the Social Security Program. The analysis employs a format suggested by Garry Brewer and Peter de Leon in their work, The Foundations
of Policy Analysis (1983, p. 155). Features of the 1983 reforms to be discussed, therefore, include: the background of the impending crisis in the OASDI Trust Fund; the institutions and beneficiaries affected by the reforms; the goals and objectives of reform; alternatives of reform available to the Congress. The analysis discusses, finally, the implementation of the OASDI reforms and gives an account of who "won" and who "lost" as a(...)"
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Nonverbal Learning Disability Children, 2001.
Discusses studies on possible causes of social maladjustment of NVLD children. Teaching social skills in classroom.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 71.95
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"Introduction
Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) suffer from a number of symptoms, affecting many aspects of their lives, which are grouped into neuropsychological, academic, and social-emotional adjustment deficits. The social deficits include social perception and social interaction problems which in many cases results in more serious problems of delinquency, anxiety, depression, and suicide (Roman, 1998). Treatment, including classroom treatment, of this group of children requires an accurate assessment of the problem. This research paper will present literature regarding the social maladjustment of NVLD children."
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