Thursday, March 7, 2013

Videos about People with Disabilities


·Watch these videos

·Read the articles below

·Write at least one paragraph about the need for everyone to be able to reach his or her full potential

·Post it to your blog


 
A waiter in Houston put his job on the line and is receiving praise after he told a table he was unwilling to serve them.
The waiter, Michael Garcia, was waiting on a family of regulars who have a 5-yr old child (Milo) with down syndrome. Another family he was serving made comments about the noises the child was making so he moved the annoyed party to another table.
The waiter then overheard "special needs children need to be special somewhere else," from the table. That's when he informed them he would be unable to serve them. They left the restaurant.
Share this if you agree that Michael Garcia has become a hero for standing up for this little boy!






 

Disabled and abandoned as a child contestant wows x factor judges


Katy Perry Duet


 

You’re a Firework – Katy Perry Lyrics

 


 

Autistic Girl Expresses Unimaginable Intelligence

 


 

Down’s syndrome in 21st century

 


 

God doesn’t make mistakes

 


 

Doctor explaining Down’s syndrome

 


 

Susan Boyle

 


 

Stephen Hawking

 


 

My brother

 


 

Parents of special-needs kids push for more acceptance

 


 


 

DUBAI // The challenges of raising a child with disabilities in the Emirates came into focus this week after police said they were looking for a way to file a legal case against parents who had abandoned their six-month-old baby in a Dubai hospital. The parents did so after learning that the boy suffered from epilepsy and neurological disorders

UAE's Tawam Hospital opens Down syndrome clinic

 


 


 

Al Ain: In association with Johns Hopkins Medical, Tawam Hospital has inaugurated a new specialiswed clinic for infants and children diagnosed with Down’s syndrome.

 

According to the World Health Organisation, Down syndrome is present in one out of about 1,000 live births.

 

In the US alone, about 6,000 babies a year are born with the chromosomal abnormality, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, amounting to about one in every 700 births.

 

A 2007 study looking at more than 63,000 newborns in Dubai, between 1999 and 2003, estimated the incidence to be one in every 449 live births. Among Emiratis, this rate increased to one in 319.

 

Disability Vocabulary

 

Word
Meaning
Example/Notes/Related words
Disability/ies (n)
Disabled (adj); disabled person
Handicap (n)
Handicapped (adj)
Ability (n)
Able/unable (adj)
Impairment (n)
Impaired (adj)
Activity limitation
Participation restriction
Support (v) (n)
aid (n) (v)
Mobility (n)
Access (n) (v)
Inclusion (n)
Inclusive (adj)
Quota (n)
Assistive technology
Special education
Special needs

 



 

 

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