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Disability in Education – Themes

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Disability in Education

This word cloud represents the common words and themes that are often mentioned when discussing the issues in education with regards to the disability community. While words like disability, education and issues are expected to be common, given the topic, words such as difficult, might, and can say a lot about the disability community’s ability to receive a proper and fair education. There are many factors that make it more difficult for disabled individuals to receive an education, such as accessibility. While acknowledging these differences and issues is the first step to providing an equal space in education for disabled students, universities need to work towards making every campus as accessible as possible for every disabled student.

Inaccessibility

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The table in this image is too high for some students with physical disabilities to access. While some disabled students will be able to use this table, it is important to make it accessible for everyone.
The doors in this image only open in one direction. This represents a challenge for disabled students in a wheelchair. If the student were coming from the side where they would have to pull to open the door, it may be difficult to open the door and back up in the wheelchair at the same time.
This image shows a door that does not have an automatic door opener and is thus inaccessible for disabled students.
This is another door without an automatic door opener, which creates a challenge for disabled students as it may be difficult to use a wheelchair and open a door simultaneously.

 

Disability in the World of Sports

On By Mohamed MazehIn Sports, VisualsLeave a comment

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This world cloud was created as a means of representing many of the themes that students with disabilities face in regards to opportunities with athletics. The government spreads this false reality that equal opportunity does exist due to these law and policies in place. However, that is not the truth based on the experiences of many. There is not encouragement or opportunities present for students with disabilities to participate on sports teams despite the interest of many in wanting to. We live in a society that others disabled individuals as they feel that they are “less” than able-bodied individuals, especially in regards to sports. Teams are losing focus on the reason behind organized sports teams and how impactful they can be on students. Instead, they are depriving students with disabilities of their basic civil rights. This trophy represents the ability of all to succeed if just provided with the opportunity.