First Year Placement @ Creating Alternatives!!!

As a first year student at Seneca College, one of our duties were to find a placement to work at for second semester. While searching for placement oppertunities online, I had come across Creating Alternatives. This agency is a day program where adults with developmental disabilities can learn essential life skills such as cooking, cleaning, reading/writing, arts, and even the importance of healthy lifestyle and fitness. I requested an interview and successfully got the placement!!! I had a great experience interacting with the participants. They were all welcoming, friendly and very outgoing. I can absolutely say that I excited to start next semester working with them. ...here is a link to Creating Alternatives Website http://www.creatingalternatives.ca

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Mistreatment Towards a Teenager with Special Needs.

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhDBka8IE1XhT4h5K9 (NBC News, 2011)
Above is a link to "Father Crying After He Listens To A Teacher Disrespecting His Special Needs Daughter!".
In this video, you will see some of the mistreatment that people with special needs face at school. Social inequality is aparent in this video so as stereotypes that society see's in a person with disabilities. These teachers also show social closure towards the young girl as they tell her that she is ignorant and indirectly saying that she is a failure. Doing so obviously would make the student feel inferior as a person and discourage her to do well in school. This video is an example of how any type of oppression can hurt the targeted person as well as the people around them. The educators of the young teenager also delivers interpersonal oppression as they verbally abuse her with insults. In my opinion, I find it disgraceful that theese two educators specialize in working with students who have special needs. Why you may ask? This is because they have totally abused their power by making an innocent student feel less of a person.
                                  

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