Against All Odds overcoming the obstacles
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Against All Oddsovercoming the obstacles
By Jake James Communication 125
AttitudeDon’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 •
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 •
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