Social Construction of Disability and Assumptions

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Learning Disability
Disability is conceived as an impairment or deficiency in capacity to handle normally perceived activities. A disabled individual is labeled as one if their traits and behavior are distinct from the rest judging by how they perform their daily routines and activities. McDermott (1993) states, “the world was precisely organized for making his disability apparent, that he was the negative achievement of a school system that insisted that everyone do better than everyone else” (McDermott, 273). Children’s cognitive and physical development is labeled against their peers in terms of the contexts in which they interact and their management traits against tasks given. The social organization context of learning and thinking through which Adam’s learning disability is identified indicates how disability is socially constructed. In everyday life and cooking club, Adam did well under an assuring environment, but things were difficult for him in classroom lessons and testing sessions that demanded high levels of cognitive capability (McDermott, 278).
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