Against All Odds overcoming the obstacles By Jake James Communication 125.

Against All Oddsovercoming the obstacles

By Jake James

Communication 125

Attitude

Don’t become depressed because of your or others perception

• Self a steam lowered

• Don’t Let the disability get the best of them

• Be content with who you are, never give in to the disability

Success in school

• IEP – Individual Education Plan

• IDEA – Individuals with Disabilities Education Act schools offer special education to those in need

• FAPE – Free Appropriate Public Education

IDEA

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Created 2004

• Law that tells how schools should provide the right type of specialized education

• Covers those with disabilities from birth until 21

• Key in success of these students because provides the right accommodations for the students to gain confidence and become successful

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IEP: Individual education plan

Mandated by the IDEA+ a specialized unique plan for the student

Meet educational needs for a student with a disability ( both mental + physical )

Complete goals more successful than normally + helps teachers provide a sense of helpand accommodations for the student

FAPE

• Individualized to a certain handicapped person

• Not just for education however

• Through this law the school+ government will help the person learn how to succeed in school, employment, living on their own

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ADA

• Equals the playing field

• Provides accommodations from employer+ government

• companies are not allowed to discriminate against those who have disabilities

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Daily difficulties

• Transportation

• getting dressed

• Showering etc

• Getting up in the morning

• These are the daily issue that many have to learn to overcome

Rehabilitation Act

• 1973

• Prohibits discrimination in programs and services

• States no person who is handicapped should be excluded

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Dan Liest

• Research department for Met Life

• Process insurance claims+ bills

• Has muscular dystrophy

• Can feed himself but cannot shower

• At met life he has equipped phone + comp

• Loved there at his job even though his disability has derailed him

• Says he is humbled and felt as though he is an ambassador for his disability

Pam Holmes

• Deaf early on in life

• Wanted to become a music teacher

• Attitude: there was reason she became deaf

• Advocate for people with disabilities for a living

• She had a goal of overcoming it

Bethany Hamilton

• Pro surfer

• Age 13 shark attack amputated left arm

• Thought she was never going to surf again+ something within her changed and her drive came with the new perception of life

• Less than a month later she was back on the board

• Had to get back on the board because of her passion

The Gaze

• “ The human is self conscious, conscious of himself of his human reality and dignity” - (Wollen 92).

• Ways people view those with disabilities is a whole other challenge

• Not part of the norm- outcaste

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The End

• Have to learn from experience

• It is easy to say or tell someone to change their attitude outlook on life but it has to come from within them to change

• Success does no come easy have to wait and work at it