PSY345H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Calp, Vocational Rehabilitation Act Of 1973
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A multidisciplinary view of exceptionality (lecture 1, chapter 1) Disorder: a disturbance in normal functioning (mental, physical, or psychological) Disability: a condition resulting from a loss of physical functioning; or, difficulties in learning and social adjustment that significantly interfere with normal growth and development. Handicap: a limitation imposed on a person by environment and person"s capacity to cope with that limitation. Deaf: individuals who have hearing losses greater than 75 to 80 db, have vision as their primary input, and cannot understand speech through the ear. History of social change: social isolation (confinement outside society, i. e. , leprosy in leper colony of spinalonga, murder, humanitarian and legal reforms in the 18 th century (help, but still an exclusive solution) 3: social inclusive (1960s civil rights movement) disability rights demonstration, canadian charter. Institutionalization of rights and freedom, ontario human rights code, accessibility for all ontarians, ada.
