Social Welfare Policy: The Americans With Disabilities Act

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The Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Awareness Nicholas Yost Social Welfare Policy 4-28-14 Abstract The point of this policy to make people aware of their surroundings; related to mentally or physically disabled individuals. It’s to make people aware that there are people with disabilities and that they should all be shown the same respect as any other person. The discrimination against these individuals is both wrong and immoral. This act is there to prevent these occurrences from happening. Public awareness is a policy so that society knows this act is in place. Goal/Purpose The purpose of the Americans with Disabilities Act is to give those with disabilities the ability to live the normal life of an everyday human being.…show more content…
In Social Work Speaks, it discusses all of the various acts and policies that have been put into place for the disabled community. The “People with Disabilities” portion of it brings up quite a good point about how the government has implemented these acts. It discusses how every single act that has been created for the better well-being of disabled individuals offers “only limited protection to people with disabilities” (NASW, 2003). It discusses how there should actually be more protection and rights given to these individuals because they believe that those already in place aren’t giving enough opportunity as they…show more content…
They believe that instead of hindering these individuals, we should celebrate them. Their philosophy consists of “realizing the unique gifts individuals with disabilities have to offer the Church,” according to the website. Their Parish Outreach program has been quite successful in raising the public awareness of mental illness and impairment in the city of Allentown. The attack the real purpose of why these special individuals act the way they do. “The heart pumps blood through the system. If the heart is ill, then organ functions are interrupted. The same thing occurs when the brain is ill. The brain controls how we think, our moods and our ability to relate with others. Those functions are interrupted if the brain is not working properly” (Dagon, 2014). This belief gives others the idea that these people are gifts to the world, not someone to make fun of. Much under the same belief of the great author, William Ward, who once said, “A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your
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