MHR 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Screen Reader, Career Development, Performance Management
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Examine the interplay of public interest and social policies. Explore government"s response to the needs of the disabled. Need to look at not only the historical perspective but theoretical perspectives as well. Most prevalent prior to world war i. Social goals focus on accommodation and the need to provide a basic level of medical care and health services. Effects of disability on the individual but also on economic contributions to society. Need to address barriers to integrating people into the economic market. Combination of sociological and psychological theories with an advocacy and civil/human rights perspective. Policy is often fragmented due to diversity of issues and the variety of disabilities (physical, mental, and intellectual) Ge having trouble recruiting aboriginal and disabled company should make it clear you have accommodations for them. Accessibility for ontarians with disabilities act, 2005. United nations convention on the rights of people with disabilities, 2007. Representation of the disabled in post-secondary education.