disability

Examples of disability in the following topics:

• Civil Rights of People with Disabilities

  • Disabled Americans face limited access to public places and institutions that civil rights legislation seeks to address.
  • Outfitting trains and buses with ramps in order to improve access to transportation for disabled persons is an example of a measure designed to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Disability is an umbrella term that includes impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions.
  • Disabled persons face unique social challenges that may limit their participation in civic life.
  • Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the disability rights act gained increasing visibility and a number of policy successes, including increased accessibility of public places and increased resources for people with developmental disabilities.

• Learning Disabilities and Special Education

  • Special-education programs are designed to help children with disabilities obtain an education equivalent to their non-disabled peers.
  • Certain laws and policies are designed to help children with learning disabilities obtain an education equivalent to their non-disabled peers.
  • Two laws exist to help ensure that children with learning disabilities receive the same level of education as children without disabilities: IDEA and Section 504.
  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides federal funding to states to be put toward the educational needs of children with disabilities.
  • Section 504 states that schools must ensure that a student with a disability is educated among peers without disabilities.

• Intellectual Disabilities

  • Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome are examples of syndromic intellectual disabilities.
  • Among children, 30% to 50% of intellectual disabilities are of unknown cause.
  • Currently, there is no "cure" for an intellectual disability.
  • Although there is no specific medication for intellectual disability, many people with such disabilities do have further medical complications and so may be prescribed several medications.
  • Down syndrome is one of the more common genetic causes of intellectual disability.

• Intellectual Disabilities

  • Disabilities can manifest themselves as limited language, impaired speech, or difficulty performing academically.
  • Mild: Approximately 85% of individuals with an intellectual disability fit into this category.
  • Moderate: About 10% of people with intellectual disabilities fit into this category.
  • Individuals living with intellectual disabilities face both personal and external challenges in life.
  • People with intellectual disabilities are often discriminated against and devalued by society.

• Specific Learning Disorder

  • Dyslexia, sometimes called reading disorder, is the most common learning disability; of all students with specific learning disabilities, 70%–80% have deficits in reading.
  • The causes of learning disabilities are not well understood.
  • Learning disabilities often run in the family—children with learning disabilities are likely to have parents or other relatives with similar difficulties.
  • Learning disabilities can also be caused by head injuries, malnutrition, or toxic exposure (such as to heavy metals or pesticides).
  • Social support may also improve learning for students with learning disabilities.

• Americans with Disabilities Act

  • The ADA makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities in employment, public transportation, and communications.
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and governmental activities.
  • Among other arguments, supporters hypothesize that the Americans with Disabilities Act creates additional legal risks for employers who then quietly avoid hiring people with disabilities to avoid this risk.
  • Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 into law.
  • Analyze the effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on various parties involved

• Institutionalized Children

  • Institutionalized children may develop institutional syndrome, which refers to deficits or disabilities in social and life skills.
  • In clinical and abnormal psychology, institutional syndrome refers to deficits or disabilities in social and life skills, which develop after a person has spent a long period living in mental hospitals, prisons, or other remote institutions.
  • Deinstitutionalization is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health service for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability.

• Civil Rights of the Elderly

  • The elderly, or senior citizens, are vulnerable to civil rights abuses due to a propensity for sickness, disability, and poverty.
  • Because of a propensity for illness, disability, and lack of employment, the elderly are faced with unique civil rights challenges.

• Using Impartial Language

  • Writers should write in a way that is free from gender and group stereotypes including race, age, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation.
  • Language that labels individuals by their disability and use of emotionally impartial expressions should be avoided.

• Social Insurance

  • Social Security in the U.S. is primarily the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) federal insurance program.
  • Social Security provides monetary benefits to retirees, their spouses and surviving dependent children, and disabled workers .
  • Medicare is a national program that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older, younger people with disabilities, and people with certain chronic diseases.
  • It provides benefits to retirees, surviving family members, and disabled workers who have contributed to the Social Security Trust Fund through payroll taxes.