Essays on Disability

One chooses to work in the helping professional because of a passion that one has. Helping others is not also an easy task. At times one is advocating for one stance or many. The best role to play when advocating is the neutral role. However, conflicts can arise when advocating. Determining what is the best…

The society tends to undermine the worth of individuals with physical or mental disabilities. By using euphemisms like “differently abled,” society tries to justify its behavior and express sympathy. However, Nancy Mairs takes pride in being called a “cripple” and believes she fits under this category. She supports her belief using comparison and contrast, straightforward…

The Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled is a book written and published in 1990 by author Robert F. Murphy. Murphy wrote the book because he is writing about his disability, which is paralysis due to a tumor “from the second cervical vertebra to the eighth thoracic vertebra, or from the top of…

Defining Disability and Societies Stereotypes Society is always searching for a way to define or generalize what constitutes being disabled. Some would say disability is nothing out of the normal and that one’s who are disabled are still on a level playing field with abled persons. In contrast though, some argue that being disabled is…

Education is an important factor that contributes to the human resource development. Children learn to read, communicate, write, express in his or her own ways. Some may do exceedingly well and some might face difficulties. At least one in five students has trouble keeping up academically at some point during school. In recent years, complaints…

It has recently surfaced that we are dealing with some rather serious Sexual Harassment allegations within and of our company. It is unfortunately that there was not an existing policy directive or information previous to these allegations this may have prevented or mitigated the liability of the company. These allegation are very strictly covered by…

The medical model: is presented as viewing disability as a problem of the person, directly caused by disease, trauma, or other health condition which therefore requires sustained medical care provided in the form of individual treatment by professionals. In the medical model, management of the disability is aimed at a “cure,” or the individual’s adjustment…

Nancy Mairs’ searched for months for something on telecasting or in the media that represented adult females like her. When I say “women like her” . this means handicapped. she is a 43 twelvemonth old adult female with Multiple Sclerosis. Her intent for composing this is to uncover how the media takes the disablement and…

In our society, presently, persons’ with disabilities as a whole are often stigmatized as broken or useless (Michalko, 2002). This is no different for women with disabilities, as strong cultural assumptions for this population have been formed. These assumptions are formed due to attitudes and beliefs, especially focusing on body image, religion and language (Charlton,…

I decided to simulate a disability by renting a wheelchair from the mall and spending an hour navigating through it. I chose this simulation to gain a firsthand understanding of the challenges people in wheelchairs face in their everyday lives. Many activities that people without disabilities take for granted require modification and extra effort for…