How do you feel the country compares historically

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Homework: Education

This homework addresses your Global Awareness Outcome, Students will be able to describe the interrelated dynamics (e.g. legislative, attitudinal, linguistic, sociocultural, globalization) that influence accessibility for individuals with disabilities in communities across the world.

The student will assume a specific role in researching their selected country outside of the United States.

Role: A leader in the selected country who is trying to increase tourism.

Amongst yourselves, you are to select a country outside of the United States that you are interested in research pertaining to the specific laws and/or disability rights of that country. Within your role, you are to select and research which questions are most pertinent to your role. You will submit a PowerPoint presentation and a 2 page APA formatted explaining your role and the particular questions you researched.

Procedure:

I. Visit the following website.

II. Also, review and read through the following websites to help you with your research and in writing the global review of the country and its comparison to the USA:

1. DREDF Advocacy
2. Disability Rights International
3. Disabled Peoples' International Europe
4. Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific Region

III. Next, choose what role you will be assuming

IV. Select which questions you feel are most important in focusing on your role.

V. Research your questions

VI. Combine all information regarding all questions

1. Did anything surprise you in your role?
2. Did you have to change questions once you got into the research?
3. How did you feel about your chosen role?

Research and discuss the following questions regarding your selected country for your Global Review of Disability and Accessibility. All questions below need to be answered in a complete manner by whichever role you deem most appropriate.

I. In your opinion, how did the Americans with Disabilities Act impact society the most and more specifically, people with disabilities?

II. What current (within the last 2 years) legislation has been passed in the United States that would impact individuals with disabilities? Good or bad

III. For the country that you chose from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund-International Laws documents):

1. Provide a general overview of disability rights for your chosen country.

2. Discuss how the country compares to different areas you have read about and watched throughout the semester concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (i.e. compare the ADA titles/content from the Americans with Disabilities Act and compare this to similar titles/content from the law(s) for your chosen country).

3. How do you feel the country compares historically (are they ahead or behind the US and how)?

IV. In addition, describe what accomplishments society has made (across the world- inside and outside the USA) in overcoming barriers (attitudinal as well as architectural) for the rights of people with disabilities and inclusion in general. On a global scale, what do you feel we still have yet to do?

V. What role do recreation and sports services have in helping society (the USA and the world) overcome such barriers in the future and enhancing the rights, independence, and inclusion of people with disabilities around the world?

VI. Locate at least two accessible recreation sites in your selected country.

1. Provide an overview of the sites and what they offer.

2. Obtain pictures of the location.

VII. What specific law would you enact in your selected country to help increase tourism and why?

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