Personal reflection#2 Integrating Special needs Individuals into society

Personal Reflection #2 – Integrating Special needs Individuals into society

Based on our 2053 class discussion and my research into the future center and Paralympics I can reflect on how people can be better integrate into society in these ways:

   The Future Centre for Special Needs is an Abu Dhabi based nonprofit organization which specializes in the education and rehabilitation of individuals with special needs also caters to an annual average of 180 students aged between 3 and 23 and enrolled in various education programmers and rehabilitation services offered by the centre and this school is divided into Senior and Junior Sections. The Senior Section has students between the ages of 10 and 23 years while the Junior Section has students between 3 and 10 years of age.

   The United Arab Emirates started actively participating in the Paralympics community during the 1990. So in London 2012 Paralympics UAE opened with Abdulla Sultan Al Aryani clinching the gold medal in the shooting event this a example for UAE Paralympics.

UAE Paralympics athletes went through emotional moments of national pride during a red carpet reception at the Dubai International Airport. We are here to say a big thank you to our boys who conquered the impossible,” said Yousuf Yaqoub Al Serkal.

Mohammed Al Hamli, chairman UAE Disabled Sports Federation said We have been receiving all kinds of support and encouragement in the past, but right now, the time has come to embark on a long term strategy to prepare the athletes for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Everest climbing team:Cultural Diversity -Portfolio #3

Everest climbing team: Cultural Diversity

Watch the film and take notes to answer the following questions:

1.    List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name                                    Responsibility                   Country                                Skills

--Ed Vesters                        Team Leader                          U.S.A                    Climbing

-Araceli seggara                 Climber                                   Spain                    Climbing

-Roger Diham                   Scientist                                  England                Geologist 

- sumiyo                       Decampment                           Japan                          Nots

-Jamling Norgate              Guide                                     Nepal                     Climbing

-Sharpa                            Deliver  food                         Geerman                  Climbing

-Paula                             Camp Manager                         U.S.A                    Climbing

 

2.    What were the qualities or skills of each member that benefited the team?

·         mostly climbers and smart in planning the climbing map of the mountain.

 

3.    How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)? 

·         They used his culture to do his job and they combined each culture to make it to the top and survive helped each-other and did a great job that's how they combined there culture.

- Portfolio Exercise #2 What is Cultural Diversity?

What is Cultural Diversity?

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1.       At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	True.
2.       Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	False,  175 million.
3.       One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True.
4.       Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False, respect for freedom of thought.
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True.

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.       Heterogeneous: Diverse, different, variant.

2.       Plurality: Multitude, majority.

3.       Migration: People leave there country to another country for economic, personal choice, and etc………., for better life.

4.       Fundamental: Main, major.

5.       Collective strength: Combined force, plural power.

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

1.       The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?

·         The Clothes.

2.       Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.

1-new way of thinking.   2-creative solutions.    3-negotiating skills.

3.       From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.

·         Melting pot: cultures mix, blend into one assimilated culture.

·         Garden salad: a group of distinct cultures that are blended into unique and one hopes tasteful, mixture.

4.       Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.

·         Indian, Bangladesh, Dark Africans, Pakistan's. 

5.       Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world.  The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words.

·         The University of Melbourne has a policy that support having students and the staff from different race, religion, culture, gender and even educational background and provide the right environment to encourage them to express their views and interest also to learn and explore more about diversity of culture.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	interesting	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	hating
Strength	weak	Improving	disarrange	Inclusive	"exclusive
Majority	minority	Tolerance	disapproval	Equality	difference

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	,several	Creative	inventive	Uniqueness	distinction
Dignity	Respect	Integrated	combined	Asset	nation
Global	international	Benefit	,profit	Harmony	regularity

Portfolio Exercise # 1-Introduction to Diversity porfolio

Introduction to Diversity

With a partner, research on the internet to find the following information include your sources.

UAE Demographics:

Ethnic Groups	Percentage	Year	Source
Emirati	19%	(1982)	http://www.indexmundi.com/united_arab_emirates/ethnic_groups.html
other Arab and Iranian	23%	(1982)
South Asian	50%	(1982)
other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians)	8%	(1982)

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Muslim	76%	2005	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates#Religion
Christian	9%	2005
other (mainly Hindu)	15%	2005

1.      Write a definition of cultural diversity in your own words.

diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures,when you have people from different countries.

2.      Give examples of cultural diversity in Abu Dhabi (Places of worship, organizations, etc.)

In Abu Dhabi there are a lot of places there is cultural diversity .. Such as universities, there are students of different nationalities and different religions .

What does it mean to be Emirati : reflective log#1

                                               What does it mean to be Emirati

Every human being on this plant should be proud of the place where he was born, the society that he had been raised in, and the principles and rules of his culture. Being an Emirati has several reasons acted upon me and the other citizens who are living on the land of the United Arab Emirates.

   Being called as “Emirati” gives you the feeling of proudness, satisfaction, and importance. Therefore, the United Arab Emirates had accomplished the highest level of success and reached the place where more than what had been accepted was done since the old traditional culture. The most important example is the unity that was on the 2^nd of December 1971.

   Sheikh Zayed, who was referred to every citizen living on the his land as a father, who had changed a whole culture from a desert to a country which nowadays living in the most high standards but at the same time sticks to its local culture, traditions, and religion. Therefor the UAE nowadays had provided it’s citizens with the high technical skills, best healthcare, construction, the growing industry, the comfortable transportation, and the feeling of safeness and secure.

    As a conclusion, the UAE did put great effort to have the facilities which surrounds its citizens nowadays, and struggled through harsh and difficult conditions in order to reach the high and fancy level of living .I believe as me called “Emirati” that’s for sure makes me filled with pleasure with proud.