The image depicted a door to one of the classroom at UIC, where students, like me, learn and also where professors teach. Therefore, the image is related to the learning and employment environment because of professor's job to teach students in this classroom and students are in the classroom to learn the content for a course.
c. Describe why the above image or description is inaccessible, and for whom it might be inaccessible (i.e., what kinds of disabilities).
The picture is describing sensory inaccessibility because there is no braille sign to indicate the classroom number. There are many classrooms for different classes, so classroom numbers are assigned for students and professor to know what classroom they are supposed to be in. Braille is used for people with low vision or is blind to distinguish what is written. So, without a braille sign to indicate what classroom number it is, students and professors with vision disabilities will not know the right classroom they are supposed to be in to teach or to learn; they may even end up in the wrong classroom as a result. Therefore, the absences of braille signs cause sensory inaccessibility, which is necessary for people with vision disabilities to
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With the braille signs of classroom numbers, professors and students are able tell apart the classrooms. In addition, they will know which classroom they are supposed to be in and will not end up in the wrong classroom by touching the classroom braille sign. This should be a relatively inexpensive fix for the school because some classroom doors already have braille signs, so the school would not have to install braille signs on all of the classroom doors. Also, policies/law indicated, buildings should be accessible for people with disabilities, which include the compliance of braille
Moreover, within the text, the significance of symbolism is apparent as there are indications of the presence of different handicaps. Notably, those with above average physical attributes and above average intelligence are required by law to wear handicaps. Thus, the application and enforcement of handicaps are metaphors for sameness, because individuals with advantageous traits are limited and refrained from using their bodies and brains to their maximum abilities, for that is considered to be unfair to those who does not possess the same level of capability. Several main examples of handicaps includes “...47 pounds of birdshot… ear radios… spectacles intended to make [one] not only half blind but to [provide] whanging headaches”. Therefore, the intensity of the handicaps is a sign of the government’s seriousness in the field of administering disabilities onto their own citizens. Unfortunately, in order to maintain the sickly “equality”, the people are stripped off of their freedom. When announcers are unable to speak properly, and ballerinas are unable to dance properly, and musicians unable to perform properly, and people are unable to formulate thoughts properly — it is not a matter of equality, but a matter how low society
In this image, a sewage worker is seen cleaning the drainage system, with his bear hands, without the use of either any equipment’s or protection. On the first glace, the image depicts the idea of health risk, because the man is exposed to such contaminants, which for him is work. He is looking up from a dirty drain, covered in filth, which shows that he is clearly used as the subject of this image, whom we are engaged to more as he is making eye contact with its viewers. This picture only includes one person into the frame, as the other man’s face isn’t available to see in this picture, which is man that is holding the bucket. Holding a bucket either emphasise the idea that he is helping the sewage worker, either to get the dirt out or to put the dirt in the drainage system.
...te braille altogether even though braille can never be eliminated because they need it to learn to spell and use punctuation. Studies show that blind people who use braille are more likely to get a job than someone without braille. Braille improved education in many ways, it gave a university accepted system which helped make education for the blind more organized and successful, also it was the most compacted system which made it easier to read and more fluent. Before braille reading was hard for the blind because it was lettering in large pieces of wood and it was influent and really slow. Many blind people ended up as beggars because their families couldn’t support them and they didn’t have the education to get a job. And that answers the questions of, what was life like before braille, what was the need for braille, what was the impact of braille then, and now.
Tanya Titchkosky’s perspective on blindness and disability has made me question how I should act around those that I consider “disabled.” Would I be helping them or would I be intruding their space and doubting their capabilities because I am considered as “normal?” It really is all about the ambiguity, the in between that Titchkosky states that really gets
Vision is something many people take for granted every day. Society only deals with the matter of being blind if they are the less fortunate ones. According to the Braille Institute, "every seven minutes a person in the United States loses their sight, often as part of the aging process" (1). Only two percent of legally blind people use a guide dog and thirty-five percent use a white cane. Blindness can be caused from various different types of things including (in order) age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related cataracts. (Braille 1). However being blind does not mean a person is in total darkness. Some people can see lights and the shapes of objects, but the most import thing is for family and friends to provide hope and encouragement. The last thing a person who has lost their sight wants is to lose their family and support, which will led to loneliness. Likewise, in the short story "Cathedral," by Raymond Carver's, blindness is the key element in the story and shows in detail how the characters manage it. The theme Carver conveys in the short story is being able to see without sight and is revealed through the characters, tone and plot of the story.
... for the teacher is a productive learning environment where student needs are being catered for.
The classroom is a diverse place where learners from all different genres of life meet. Included in these learners are those that display learning disabilities. According to the British Columbia School Superintendent’s Association, ‘learning disabilities refer to a number of conditions that might affect the acquisition, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or nonverbal information. These disorders affect learning in individuals who otherwise demonstrate at least average abilities essential for thinking and/or reasoning’. They also posit that ‘learning disabilities result from impairments in one or more processes related to perceiving, thinking, remembering or learning. These include, but are not limited to language processing,
My artifact is a behavioral management plan used during my practicum experience, and a lesson plan used during my student teaching experience. The behavioral management plan is intended for students in pre-k/kindergarten. The plan follows the theories of Piaget, Kolberg and Erikson. It shows preventive strategies to assist the management of the students in the summer practicum such as, using proximity, intervening early, gaining attention, facilitating students, having routines, stating rules and reinforcing positive behaviors. The plan is to assure that the students know their roles as well as the classroom rules and expectations. The lesson plan during my student teaching experience is on adjectives for a 3rd -5th grade autistic support classroom.
A continuing theme that one cannot avoid when considering developing anything geared specifically toward the blind is that all visual, sight-based elements are useless. However, this is not to say that the designer is greatly limited or handicapped. The wealth of possibilities that exist through taking advantage of all our other, non-exploited senses is endless.
The denotation of the image which I can see in the frame is a bible
Daniel, K. (1995). The Learning and Teaching Environment. Available: http://tecfa.unige.ch/tecfa/research/CMC/andrea95/node4.html. Last accessed 29 OCT 2011.
Chapter 6 Project #1 pg.119 – Observe five students. Identify a potential target behavior for each of the students. After observing the behaviors, discuss their characteristics in terms of frequency, duration, intensity, ad type.
Another area of trouble D/HH students come across while being mainstreamed in education is that teachers are often unaccommodating. Not all teachers are willing to go the extra mile to make their D/HH students feel welcome in the classroom. One reason that this could be is because able bodied people often feel that people with a disability, such as deafness, are seen a lesser human beings, thus that some people do not believe that they should be mainstreamed. Some people believe that by creating a D/HH inclusive classroom, students will not get as good of an education, but “the ‘problem’ is not the person with disabilities; the problem is the way that normalcy is constructed to create the ‘problem’ of the disabled person” (Davis 1). The idea that D/HH students are lesser people because they are not “normal” is absurd. D/HH students can learn just as well as a student that is hearing, the only difference is that negative attitudes that surround disability.
The photo would also reflect education, another cultural institution. Education is an important aspect as it assists the person to add knowledge in a more diverse way than when without it. The photo would be an indication that education starts from a tender age and parents are more than happy to introduce their children to an education system from a very tender age. The emphasis of education is based on the fact that man was to be identified with their level of intelligence which is perceived to be attained and enhanced through education.
When teaching students with disabilities it is important to know and understand the needs of all the students in the classroom. Ultimately, the goal for any educator is to educate all of the students in the classroom and ensure that appropriate accommodations are being made for students with disabilities. By utilizing these skills in reading, writing, and classroom management, an educator will be able to help all students be successful.