Category: Children with Disabilities

The article Children with special needs was written by Boon Hock Lim and Kok Hwee Chia. The article is about how to support or what support is available for children with special needs. By exploring and questioning what reasonably support teachers, family and community will give in terms of services and resources for children with…

1.1 Introduction Every child is unique. Every child has the right to develop fully. But, the day-to-day tasks which can be done by a normal child take more time for the differently abled or not at all. It can be said that children with disabilities have a long history of being neglected, discriminated against, pity,…

Investigation and Critical Analysis To what extent is the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 being breached within primary schools nationwide? It is hard to imagine being discriminated against, harassed, and bullied due to a disability, underpinning an inherent part of the human condition (Feher, 2019). Moreover, the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act of 1992 (DDA) delivers…

Preamble My first experiences in the education system began where I do not distinctly remember there to be any discrimination or bias. I had the opportunity to be surrounded by fellow children from all different walks of like, some of whom had disabilities. I had never considered what children in special education were going through,…

My name is Ruby Luong, I am a second-year undergraduate student at Ryerson University enrolled in the Early Childhood Studies program. I am writing you this letter to advocate the issue of inaccessible playgrounds for children with disabilities in the city of Toronto. This issue is often brushed off from the people that arent in…

Abstract Development of higher order thinking skills in inclusive classroom through Socratic method Developing higher-order thinking skills in any classroom is crucial to the success of the students in that classroom. Students need to learn these skills at an early age to be academically and professionally successful in the future. In an inclusion classroom, these…

Learning disability is a form of delayed developments in one or more development areas such as speech, language, reading, writing arithmetic or other school subjects resulting from a psychological handicap caused by a possible cerebral dysfunction and/or emotional or behavioral disturbances (Adam and Tatnall, n.d. p.2). While the word special need is sometimes used to…

Health promotion is defined by World Health Organization (WHO) as the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities (WHO, 1990). Healthy eating is defined as a diet reduced in fat and salt; or in…

The talk. This is one of the most uncomfortable interactions between parents and children. Navigating this sensitive topic is a challenge. Most parents worry about the timing, setting, and whether the child is ready or not. Sometimes, parents are in denial; the more they delay the talk, the longer their child will remain a child…

Introduction ‘Inclusion is a right not a privilege for a select few’ oberti v. board of education, (2010). It is the right of all children in America, whether disable or not to have full access to resources and social interaction in inclusive schools, this has been an important topic of discussion for many years. Children…