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Human development is viewed according to two dementions: normal and pathological. Normal: absence of biological problems; pathological: alterations in the organism caused by disease. |
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Amendment to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act that included a provision prohibiting discrimination against persons with disabilities in federally assisted programs and activities.
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A pro who provides services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities. |
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A pro who specializes in developing self-care, work and play activities to increase independent function and quality of life, enhance development, and prevent disability. |
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A building or structure without architectual obstructions that allows people with mobility disabilites to move freely through all areas. |
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An individual whose pysical, mental, or beahavioral performance deviates so substantially from the average that additional support is required to meet the individuals needs. |
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A disturbance in normal fuctioning. |
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Americans w/ Disibilties Act (ADA) |
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A limitation imposed on a person by the environment and the person's capacity to cope with that limitation. |
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A condition resulting from a loss of physical fuctioning; or, dificulties in learning and social adjustment that significantly interfere with normal growth and development. |
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Requirements within the ADA to ensure that a person with a disability has an equal chance of participation. |
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mental, physical, and physcological functioning. |
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Disorder, the broadest of the three terms, refers to a general abnormality in... |
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By requiring that buildings and public transportation incorporate barrier-free designs. |
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How are Barrier-free facilities (BFAs) created? |
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To identify people who differ significantly from the accepted norm. |
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What is the purpose of labeling? |
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Using statistics (and milestones)-that is, observered in large numbers of individuals those characteristics that occur most frequently at a specific age. |
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Typical development is described by? |
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Substantial limitations in functioning as well as significantly subaverage intellectual functioning concurrent with related limitations in two or more adaptive skills. |
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What is an intellectual disability? |
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"intellectually disabilities" |
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Having experienced decrimination the commonly used labelĀ mental retardation, which created a negative connotation, was changed to... |
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