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  2. Category : Documentary films about people with disabilities

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    Documentary films about post-traumatic stress disorder‎ (18 P) Pages in category "Documentary films about people with disabilities" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.

  3. Best Kept Secret (film) - Wikipedia

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    Running time. 85 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Best Kept Secret is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Samantha Buck and produced by Danielle DiGiacomo. [1] The film aired as part of POV on PBS and focuses on a special education teacher who must find her students a place in the real world as they prepare to leave ...

  4. Disability studies in education - Wikipedia

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    Disability studies in education (DSE) is a field of academic study concerned with education research and practice related to disability. DSE scholars promote an understanding of disability from a social model of disability perspective to "challenge social, medical, and psychological models of disability as they relate to education". [1]

  5. Disability in the media - Wikipedia

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    Disability. The depiction of disability in the media plays a major role in molding the public perception of disability. [1] Perceptions portrayed in the media directly influence the way people with disabilities are treated in current society. " [Media platforms] have been cited as a key site for the reinforcement of negative images and ideas in ...

  6. Category : Documentary films about children with disabilities

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    This category is located at Category:Documentary films about children with disability. Note: This category should be empty. See the for more information. There are no pages or files in this category. This list may not reflect recent changes ( ). Hidden category: Wikipedia soft redirected categories.

  7. Disability in children's literature - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, about 26% of the population has a disability, slightly higher than the 17% worldwide figure. [10] [11] In 2019 only 3.4% of children's books published in the US had disabled main characters, [12] Having children read about characters with disabilities, scholars suggest, helps promote acceptance and empathy. [13]

  8. Willowbrook State School - Wikipedia

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    Information. Opened. 1947. Closed. 1987. Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with intellectual disabilities in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City, which operated from 1947 until 1987. The school was designed for 4,000, but by 1965 it had a population of 6,000.

  9. Special education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The total spending to educate students with disabilities, including regular education and special education, represents 21.4% of the $360.6 billion total spending on elementary and secondary education in the United States. The additional expenditure to educate the average student with a disability is estimated to be $5,918 per student.