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Ways of Thinking about Disability by Talia Washington

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Ways of Thinking about Disability by Talia Washington

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One important aspect of each of the four perspectives and how it impacts the way we think about disabilities. People with disabilities are always being judged by the way they look,act and by what disability they may have. They are never judged by what kind of person they truly are with their disability. Society and diversity places people with a disability into another classification making them feel they do not belong with negative treatment they are denied full participation in society. Being a mother of a disabled young woman I see this alot. Questioning me is she really that sick or is she really faking for attention. People do not know what they do not understand. Disabilities in any form are very hard on the parent's to watch their children being judged even when they don't know your child in the first place.

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Ways of Thinking about Disabilities
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An important aspect of the Deficit perspective is that we think everyone needs to fit into the norm. Because of this, some people believe that students with disabilities are not equal to them. also that they are unable to do the same things as their peers who do not have a disability can do.

The cultural perspective aspect is that different cultures hold different views on things such as; what causes a disability, or they just do not understand the disability. Some cultures have to be paid off to keep alive a family member with a disability. Where one group may accept the individual with the disability another may not.
Society to me is the worse perspective. Society treats people who they think are different, differently. This will make it a disability for the individual who is treated differently.
If people with significant differences are treated like everyone else, with positive and supporting services, a lot of our intellectual disabilities would go away. The problem is our society is not ready to accept change. Maybe one day it will be different.

The minority group of people with disabilities are included in other groups such as Native Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics to name a few. Barriers are created which causes some individuals with disabilities to start to believe that they do have barriers. This happens when they are denied full participation in society because of their minority status.
In conclusion, each of these perspectives has more negative effects on these individuals then there needs to be. They all kind of tie into each other making it more difficult for people with disabilities. It's just another label. It's a shame that an individual who was brought to this country to escape from Africa because he had a disability, which his culture did not accept, already has three strikes against him, and he is only four years old.Today he is a Sophomore in High School being all he can be .He has the proper supports and services in place and is on his way, a far place from his beginnings.
Maybe if we supported the special olympics half as much as we do overpaid athletes all of our kids with disabilities would be involved.

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Today is Global Virtual Torch Run Day for Special Olympics Ontario!

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Chapter 1

Ways of thinking about Disabilities

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One important aspect of the Deficit perspective is the common tendency to see someone different than us as someone less than us.  One example the typical learner and what or how people believe a typical learner based on a score from a normal curve or the bell-shaped curve.
An important aspect of the Cultural perspective reflects the diversity of our nation.  What Americans believe to be a disability another culture may not embrace that concept and value and may not understand why their love one is being found as having any type of disability at all.
An important of the sociological perspective is that people attitudes, and the way society treats people because they are a different type of person such as one with a mental disorder. We are seeing more and more people with mental illness and need to teach the world how to live and socialize with others that are not us.
An important aspect of People with disabilities as members of a minority group is the fact that they tend to receive negative treatment based on discrimination.  This belief affects mostly the African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian/Pacific Islanders being denied full participation in society because of their minority status.

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People with Disabilities Face Barriers. Inequality Shouldn't Be One of Them.

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Carmen M. Spencer Ways of Thinking about Disabilities

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Carmen M. Spencer Ways of Thinking about Disabilities

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Here are the important aspects for the four perspectives and the ways we think about disabilities.
Deficit perspective describes a typical learner which puts a person in the place of, does not exist or exist very rarely.
Cultural perspective is of a Non-majority Culture were one culture does not see a disability the same way. Sociological perspective places people in a group because the lack of their skills and traits. People with Disabilities as a Minority Group,has placed them in a group of separation.
The way that disabilities are looked at as we the people,have placed them into a "DISCRIMINATED MINORITY GROUP". Society have taken the "crim" out of discriminate and put the "e" on the end to make it be as a "crime" to have a disability. This is a disgrace towards any human being. We were all created for a purpose and a reason no matter how our physical or mental status maybe.If everyone would take a long look and examine themselves they would see that we all have a  disability in some area of our lives. We need to stop placing people into groups based on the outward appearance and start looking at what people can accomplish and have achieved to make this world a better place.

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Ways of thinking about Disabilities
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There are different aspects for the four perspectives.  The perspectives are not the same and make us think about people with disabilities.
An aspect of Deficit Perspective is having everyone in the norm and those of typical learners.  And everyone who is not at the at the top is less than us and not equal.
An aspect of Cultural Perspective is that different cultures believe that disabilities are different and appear in different ways.  Not everyone is the same so it is important as a teacher to understand the children that you work with come from.
An aspect of Sociological perspective is that people who are different than who we are we tend to treat differently.  If we treated people as equal we would be more of a positive community.
An important aspect of people with disabilities as members of a minority group is that people who have disabilities tend to be negatively impacted by the world just because they are different.  Just because the child has a disability they are still a child and should be treated with respect.
I think if we knew and were more active about people with disabilities the world would be a better place.  Children are all the same and just want to be treated equally.  It is not their fault that they have this disability, they just want to be accepted for who they are.

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Ways of Thinking About Disability:

There are many forms of disabilities; therefore, there isn’t an actual definition of what a disability is. When it comes to disabilities many people misjudge, misinform, misunderstand, and misdiagnose.

One important aspect of deficient disability is that we think everyone should fit in the same category. We normalize our behaviors and characteristics, but we end up judging the disable people instead. Sometimes even excluding them from certain activities due to their disabilities.
Sociological perspective on disabilities has to do with how our society has been viewing and treating disable people. They would have misconception about how disable people can’t do this and that. However, disable people are human too. They are capable of doing certain things.
Minority on disabilities. Lots of people who are minorities in America came from other countries. For some of them, English is not their native language. Therefore, it creates a language barrier. They were denied certain rights and resources because of how they look. Minority people were also being judged based on their race, religion, and their upbringing.
The cultural perspective on disabilities has to do with the way we were raised and influenced by our environment. Every culture has their own set of values and beliefs on what disabilities are. Their way of viewing and interpreting disabilities is different from us, since majority of them were not given proper education on what a disability is.
I think if we were giving proper training and courses on disabilities. Our mindset and viewpoint will be totally different from what they are now.

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Ways of Thinking About Disability There are four perspectives of ways to think about disabilities.

The Deficit Perspective on Disabilities
Classify or divide characteristics, behavior, and academic achievement by using curves for example.  The way the distribution brings a negative impact because evaluates how different or far they are from the “average level” making them less instead of finding a way for making them closer.
The Culture Perspective on Disabilities
Depending on the Cultures disability can be seen in different ways because of their experiences and beliefs. When it is time to classify a disability the perspective of other people can be different since disabilities do not have only one characteristic. As educators and professionals we have to be educated or self of cultural perspective, because when we talk to families depending on their point of view , they can react in different ways and not necessarily they will agree but understand how they see everything different from others.
The Sociological Perspective on Disabilities
How they treat and see each other as individuals, the skills and traits is a key when it comes to sociological perspective on disability. As well society see people with disability as Members of a Minority Group like ethnicity and race there for it leads to discrimination.  It could be nice that society could be educated and change the way people view people with disabilities, because I know by seeing them less and not giving them the services they need it will make it worse. We need to be more educated in order to change the perspective and influence others in a positive way.

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Jennifer Casillas  Ways of Thinking about Disabilities    Chapter 1: Exit Ticket   

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Jennifer Casillas  Ways of Thinking about Disabilities    Chapter 1: Exit Ticket   

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In this outline, you will find one important aspect of each of the 4 perspectives and how it impacts the way we think about disabilities. The deficit perspective impacts the way we think about disabilities by placing them in groups. They use scores in which most would be placed as a typical learner. They are only describing the individuals by their performance which then makes others believe that people with disabilities are less than the others who do not have a disability.
The cultural perspective on disabilities shows that while many cultures can view a certain trait as a disability another culture may not view that trait as a disability. Therefore, many families from diverse cultures will approach educators differently when told their child has a disability.
The sociological perspective on disabilities is the way society views and treats individuals with disabilities. This perspective is horrible because society has and continues to get away in treating individuals differently because of their disability. Society has become bias towards minorities and people who have disabilities. If society would change the thought process of individuals with disabilities to understand how great they are the perspective would be different.
An important aspect of people with disabilities as members of a minority group is that like other minority groups, individuals with disabilities receive negative treatment because of discrimination. So, it causes people with disabilities to be placed in inconvenient situations, not because of the disability but because they are denied full participation in today's society because of their minority status.

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Tell Me a Story: Special Needs Change Family's Look at Life

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Ways of thinking about Disabilities
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The deficit perspective on disabilities tends to view most people or these students with disabilities in one way or another less than other people who do not have disabilities. In my opinion, we are all different, and we learn in different ways. A person with a disability does it no less than anyone else. We have to learn to help more and criticize or discriminate less against these students with disabilities.

The cultural perspective of disability

Not all cultures have the same vision or way of thinking about their children's disabilities. Many of these people do not have the same knowledge or practice of understanding what causes the disability that their child has.

The Sociological Perspective on Disabilities

Societies tend to treat people with disabilities differently because of their conditions or disability. People need to stop looking them different. It is not because a person has a disability that people have the right to undervalue them.

People with Disabilities as Members of minority groups

People with disabilities receive adverse treatments because of discrimination and are denied full participation in society due to their minority status. We need to make conscience and start seeing each other equally. People with disabilities need to receive the same treatment and respect as other people without disabilities. For all of these reasons, people with disabilities tend to create a barrier in their lives and start feeling less and discriminating.
As human beings, we must understand that a disability is not a reason to be rejected. Let's think about our children or relatives as you would like them to be treated. As educators, we can make a difference by educating our students on the value and respect that people deserve to be received regardless of their disabilities.

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Pyi Phyoe Thu, Ways of Thinking About Disability

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Pyi Phyoe Thu, Ways of Thinking About Disability

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The deficit perspective is the idea that the average of behavior and characteristics shared by people along a continuum. As the deficit perspective is described by quantifying the performance of individuals, this way of thinking makes us consider how different they are from the average and below average, although the possible combinations of human characteristics are endless.

The cultural perspective does not use a quantitative approach and it reflects the diversity. The cultural perspective holds different perspectives and individualized responses to a disability. This way of thinking makes us understand that disability does not have a single orientation or fixed definition.

The sociological perspective focuses on people’s attitude and how society treats the people. This perspective carries either positive or negative connotations because some people think that what makes a disability is the way the society treats individuals, or some people think that the disabilities significantly affect the people no matter how they are treated. But any way, the sociological perspective can be used to explain disabilities and how they suffer from bias and discrimination.

In the perspective of People with Disabilities as Members of a Minority Group, people with disabilities belong to a minority group because they all are human and should not be excluded from a society. According to the UN fact sheet on persons with disabilities, there are 650 million people living with a disability which represents 10 percent of the world population and the world’s largest minority group. That’s why this perspective impacts the way in which people are treated by society and by other individuals, and protected by the law.

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Heather Polowy     Ways of Thinking about Disabilities Chapter 1: Exit Ticket                       There are four perspective ways to categorize ways of thinking about disabilities and each having different attributes to make unique. The Deficit Perspective describes how each learner are grouped by testing and how different they are because there is an infinite amount to how they can be. There is no such thing as a “average student/typical learner” because every child is different and learns at a different pace as well excels more at one subject than another that is what makes them unique. The Cultural Perspective explains that instead of a quantitative approach to characterize a disability it reveals a cultural perspective revealing the diversity of our nation. Realizing that professionals and families may not have the same understandings and belief to understanding and causes a disability. Disability does not have fixed definition or single orientation it us not thought about uniformly or universally. For this a person might be considered to have a disability in one culture and but not in another. The Sociological Perspective views the differences of how people’s skills and traits are socially constructed. People’s attitudes and the way society treats groups of individuals, the impact of being a member of a group changes. This then leads to our perception on a disability and how we treat individuals we think are “different.” People with Disabilities as Member of a Minority Group believe that their disabilities handicap them which stops people from creating goals and achieving them. Society does not give full participation because of their minority status which is discrimination. There is no “cookie cutter” version of a human being we each must educate our children because they are the future. We each have our own personal traits, cultural background, and physical features that make us different and unique and if society could get over the judging, categorizing, and stereotyping the world be a more unified and peaceful place.   

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Heather Polowy     Ways of Thinking about Disabilities Chapter 1: Exit Ticket                       There are four perspective ways to categorize ways of thinking about disabilities and each having different attributes to make unique. The Deficit Perspective describes how each learner are grouped by testing and how different they are because there is an infinite amount to how they can be. There is no such thing as a “average student/typical learner” because every child is different and learns at a different pace as well excels more at one subject than another that is what makes them unique. The Cultural Perspective explains that instead of a quantitative approach to characterize a disability it reveals a cultural perspective revealing the diversity of our nation. Realizing that professionals and families may not have the same understandings and belief to understanding and causes a disability. Disability does not have fixed definition or single orientation it us not thought about uniformly or universally. For this a person might be considered to have a disability in one culture and but not in another. The Sociological Perspective views the differences of how people’s skills and traits are socially constructed. People’s attitudes and the way society treats groups of individuals, the impact of being a member of a group changes. This then leads to our perception on a disability and how we treat individuals we think are “different.” People with Disabilities as Member of a Minority Group believe that their disabilities handicap them which stops people from creating goals and achieving them. Society does not give full participation because of their minority status which is discrimination. There is no “cookie cutter” version of a human being we each must educate our children because they are the future. We each have our own personal traits, cultural background, and physical features that make us different and unique and if society could get over the judging, categorizing, and stereotyping the world be a more unified and peaceful place.   

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People with disablities have always been judged instead of being praised for being so strong. Every culture has something different to say and how they treat those with disabilites. The deficit persepctive talks mostly about those who are difficult in groups and there is no perfect child in a room at all, each child and be disruptive just because that child has a disability doesn't mean they are a dificult learner. Any person with a disability deserves to be praised they are strong and deserve to be taught the same way not pushed away like they are unwanted that's not fair to them.

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Jessenia Rosado-Rivera    4 Perspectives of way to think about disabilities

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Jessenia Rosado-Rivera    4 Perspectives of way to think about disabilities

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Through these different perspectives, we can better understand disabilities. When we talk about the deficit perspective, we can emphasize that this model often focuses on what students cannot do and continuously measures achievements and compares them with others. It is essential to keep in mind that we are all different, and we learn differently. Our children are more than one test.  Also, with the necessary training, we can achieve more, including people with disabilities.
An essential aspect of the cultural perspective is that we live in a multicultural nation. The issue of disability is profound, and we have to bear in mind that each culture is different and has another point of view on the subject. It is essential to know the student's culture to learn more about the family since this will give us a broader field to understand the environment and work more effectively.
The sociological perspective has a lot to do with how we treat others who are different from us. In this case, I see two very valid points of view. First, the progress of a person with a disability can be more significant when we positively treat them and put all the available resources in favor of their improvement. Second, we must know that people with disabilities need help and resources and offer them without discrimination or treating them less.
When we talk about people with disabilities as a minority group, unfortunately, it is a reality that our society labels groups for differences compared to the majority. The saddest thing is the wrong treatment or injustices suffered by minority groups, including people with disabilities. First, we must educate ourselves and look at the individual potential of each student. As educators, we must be very aware not to put barriers in our children's education but to strive to break them and collaborate for a better future for students with disabilities.

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So, this exit ticket is to show one perspective in the four ways people see people/ people with diasabilities. The four ways are deficit, cultural, sociological, and as a minority.
When a person views a person with a diasabilty in a deficit perspective lens they view them as not normal. In a person mind they might say "shes walking funny,something must be wrong with her". Yes, she might not walk like everyone else but she can also have a 120 IQ and only walk funny because of a birth defect or a bad accident from when she was young. This is why it is very important to not judge a book by its cover and get to know your students becuase they might look one way but on the inside something complete different might be going on.
The second perspective is a cultural perspective lens. Since the begining of America's it has had wave of people come to it from all over the glode and call it its home, and those people build a family that is mixed with society rules from both here and back at their place of orgin. Sometimes their belifs that is drawn from back home overrides beliefs here in America. That includes what is considered a disability, how was it caused and how to handle treat and or service someone with a disability.
The third disability is a sociological perspective lens. This focuses on how society treats a person with a disability. A lot of the time people are labeled and thrown in a box and treated the same as someone else with the same label when actually no people should be treated the same. One person with with down syndrom from Greece, NY might not need all the same services as timmy with down syndrom in Buffalo, NY or they might need more.
The last one isviewing a person with a disabilty as a minority group lens. Educating ones self to not be judgy, to free yourself of ones society rules and regulation to allow yourself to see you student for what she/he is... a person. A person who has all the same rights as yoursekf and should be treated as such.