Writing Homework Help

Purpose

This week we will be discussing International Advocacy.  We We will compare and contrast advocacy on a global scale to that in the United States.

Skills

The purpose of this discussion is to help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course / in school / in this field / in professional life beyond school: 

• MLO# 2.2:  Discuss the key elements of critical American disability rights legislation (P.L. 93-112, P.L. 103-336, etc.) and global disability rights initiatives (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and comparable legislation)MLO# 2.5: Identify and describe the origins of major American disability rights organizations (i.e. the ARC, DAV, etc.) and the global disability rights movement.MLO# 2.6:  Compare and contrast the mandates of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the CRPD, and discuss why the U.S. has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  

Knowledge

This discussion will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in this discipline: 

• Course Objective 5: Examine the global origins and evolution of the social, governmental, media and familial factors shaping stigma, discrimination and prejudice against people with disabilities and their impact on the individual and the community of people with disabilities.