Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Mistreatment of Developmental disabled?

Does anybody know of a specific country where the developmentally disabled are not treated well/ segregated/ not enough resources to take care of them? I need to write a paper on it.|||There is no where in the world where people with developmental disabilities are treated well and never segregated and there are always enough resources to take care of them. In fact, contrary to what another poster said, it is third world countries who are most likely to accept people with developmental disabilities even if they don't provide them with specialized services.





I suggest you look into recent closure of institutions in the US and the conflicts there have been surrounding them. Also all the deaths in Texas of people with developmental disabilities living in state-run institutions.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E._F鈥?/a>|||In this country, persons who stuttered were considered (some still do feel they are) mentally handicapped and were/are treated to much abuse by teachers and students. Today anyone who appears different is treated very badly by peers, some teachers, and society in general. As a special education teacher I can say that even those students were considered emotionally handicapped (problems due to mistreatment at home) were considered problem children and mistreated in special education classrooms by some teachers, peers, and society. In years past, in this country many were sent to warehouses for the insane. You have only to read up on history of treatment of mentally handicapped and others in the United States.|||The United States.





To help prove my point just go over to the Special Education Forum and you will see just the kind of treatment the developmentally disabled receives. That is just the beginning.





Edit: The link that I provided will help explain exactly what the developmental disabled has to deal with in today's society.





http://www.jackiebarrett.ca/DisabledDisc鈥?/a>|||I would look for a Third World Country.





http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disw鈥?/a>





Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment


http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.or鈥?/a>


This book tell about experiences of many PWD activists who are from third-world countries. This books also has interviews from many PWD activists who are from third-world countries.





In contray to what another poster stated, there are social stigmas about Disabilities that exist within third world countries that will cause a PWD to be not accepted and even be mistreated or even killed (infanticide). I heard about one primative forest Indian tribe that kills their tribal babies that have Disabilities due to primative tribal beliefs.


http://www.hakani.org/en/other_stories.a鈥?/a>|||The United States.


It is beginning to get better, but there are always setbacks.


Do a google search on "Willowbrook School" in New York City. It was closed in the late '80's but that is a place to start.|||Try looking up


Romania





They put them in building away from home 15 years ago. I am not 100% sure about today. But they did make the news world wide.


The children where naked because they said naked body were easier to keep clean and some where tided up to stop them hurting themselves|||America for starters.|||irak|||haiti|||Nazi germany.


Good times.

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