Deaths and a culture's perspective of disabilities are the most important elements of culture. I most identify with atheism.
Death is one of the most important elements of culture. Many cultures have different traditions when it comes to death then what others are used to. In different cultures, the settlement of the dead could range from burying the dead in cemeteries to hanging the coffins in the woods. In Tibet, sky burials are popular and are based on religious beliefs. A sky burial is when the body is set on a mountain for the birds to feast on, as many people in Tibet believe that birds of prey carry human souls up to heaven. Cultures also have different ways of grieving and opinions of what's proper at funerals. The Roman Catholic culture
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All cultures have different reasons why a child is born with a disability or how to treat the person as they age, either due to traditions that date hundreds of years back or religion. In China, the birth of a child with a disability is seen as a punishment to the parents for them, or their ancestors, violating a traditional teaching, such as dishonesty to the family or misconduct of any sorts. Early Christianity, building on Judaic concepts of charity, brought a gentler approach, focusing on sympathy and pity toward people with disabilities and would come together to support the family. Cultures have many different thoughts on standard behavior and reputation. In Saudi Arabia girls are expected to be shy and men are expected to be outgoing, because of this standard girls are being diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) later in life than men and cant get the help they need in time. In the Indian culture, social conformity is an important part of their everyday life and because of this, children with ASD are diagnosed at a younger age than the average Saudi Arabian child is and can get help and support sooner. Along with different views of what causes disabilities and how standards affect diagnoses, seeking medical help can be difficult in some cultures. In Saudi Arabia, the lack of funds for families with handicapped children is a large issue and many have come together to …show more content…
I was raised by Christian parents and I was taught their morals and how to generally respect others. Despite being an Atheist I have still kept these morals, as it was what I was raised on and I don't associate them with only being Christian morals. There's a stereotype that Atheist are disrespectful towards religions and have a general hatred for them when, In my experience, that isn't true. I have respect for every religion, culture, and opinion as long as they don't affect my life negatively. While I was being raised, we never went to church until I was about ten years old and my stepmother wanted us to go. It was a constant fight to get my sister to attend and, sometimes, me as well. I just didn't agree with how the church said was God's view of us as humans. Now I attend church as much as possible because I know it makes my family happy and supported when I attend and that's what I want for them. I’ve always found it hard to believe in something that I couldn't see with my eyes and I like to think of myself as a highly rational person. I believe rock solid evidence over everything else and I value those things. I don't like the idea of believing in something so important like God (or Gods) because it makes me anxious to think that I’ll wake up one day and learn that none of it was true. I want to have faith in something or someone like God but it's just not who I
Systematic discrimination against women and girls with disabilities continues to result in the denial of the rights to experience their sexuality, to have sexual relationships and to found and maintain families. While the right to integrity and the right of a woman to make her own reproductive choices are contained in a number of international human rights treaties, women with disabilities continue to be denied these rights through practices such as forced sterilization, sexual violence and the removal of their legal capacity in many parts of the world. I have always been interested in those with disabilities. My parents used to run a home dedicated to taking proper care of those with intellectual and physical disabilities and I grew up being surrounded them. Many of them I am still friends with to this day and I find it interesting to see the stigma that surrounds those who are disabled, those who I call my friends.
"Grieving and death rituals vary across culture and are heavily influenced by Religion (Medscape)." Cross cultural beliefs, ceremonies, and rituals allow for the deaths of individuals to be encompassed in a more organized social order (Death and Dying, A sociological perspective). The religious rituals encountered are often influential in funeral arrangements and grieving behaviors. On a sociological level, we can interpret these things in a more objective way. I believe that in order to understand religion and culture: we must first understand the concepts that may be seen as highly influential. These concepts include religion and culture in association with social class, social norms, social reality, and class systems. The two religions I found most interesting were Hinduism and Buddhism.
The medical aspect of disability is very vital because when there is no diagnosis, a child with learning disability will function among other children, Such child will not learn well without resources that will aid the area of his or her disability. For example a child with Autism spectrum disorder need to be diagnose by a medical professional in order for the child to get help from Special Education needs Organiser (SENO) this organisation provide links between children with educational needs, their parents, teacher and the service they require to supports the area of their disabilities. Social model on the other hand tend to separate able and disabled bodies in the society. Social model should have better plans in place to enable people with disability to participate equally in the society. For example in some college, there is no provision for wheelchair users to sit alongside with his or her peers in class. Wheelchair user is separated with them being at the end of the class or at front of the class. Social model opposed the oppression inflicted by the medical model, by shifting blame of disability from the individual with disability to an unfair, and oppressive society with the support of many human rights groups, Disability Act 2005, The EPSEN Act 2004 and many other Acts, some of the barriers of disability applied by the medical model have started to come
According to British anthropologist, Edward Tylor, culture is "that complex whole which included knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." (Ferraro, 18) Many cultures around the world have fascinating ceremonies and rites held for their dead but perhaps the most amazing is that of the ancient Egyptians. They are famous for their skillful embalming and their elaborate burial customs.
We are born into our ethnicity, race, gender, and culture. They are a part of who we are when we enter this world. One of the few diversities that may be acquired later on in our lives is disability. All of us, regardless of where we come from, what we believe, or who we are, can be afflicted with some form of disability in our life time through disease, accident, or other conditions that render us incapable of caring for ourselves in the same way that was possible before. This knowledge creates fear and is one of the primary reasons for the prejudice and stigma our society places on the disabled. The process of recognizing this fear, becoming knowledgeable, and culturally aware, is the ideal for individuals moving towards cultural competence, However; for those who are able to move past these prejudices, other biases await them. The well-meaning who overcompensate by solicitous and over protecting behaviors may be just as harmful as those whose bias creates prejudice.
All cultures have developed ways to deal with death in a respectful manner. The mix of cultural/religious attitudes and behaviors surrounding death and dying can become very complex (Carteret). When a death actually occurs, some individuals suddenly choose to break with tradition entirely, which often creates chaos within families. Religion can be thought of as a cultural system of meaning that helps to solve problems of uncertainty, powerlessness, and scarcity that death creates (Carteret).
Disability is a frequent condition that affects a lot of people living across the world. Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the Caribbean, faced an increase of person disables. The earthquake in 2010, left many Haitians with disabilities, including women and children. The purpose of this paper is to show the Haitians views and how they treat people on disabilities. In the Haitian morality, they tend to isolate and discriminate persons living with disabilities.
Literature review Western versus non-western cultural perspective on disability Disability thought in the most basic terms is the lack of competence, an aspect that prohibits an individuals’ normal capability to do particular activities. The term disability expresses the limitations that result from a dysfunction in the body or mind of an individual, disability majorly focuses on the physical aspects for example blindness, chronic incapacitating illness, being lame and mental deficiency (Angers & Haffly, 1973). History has it that different cultures exhibited various unjust acts towards the disabled, until now that some societies are enlightened and hence the need to understand that people with disability are equally as other people in the
Death is inescapable for all living beings. It is the one commonality all cultures share. It is an equalizer in a world of diversity. Although death itself is absolute, the practices which surround death are varied and complex from culture to culture and individual to individual. As Mike Parker Pearson elaborates:
I am fortunate to have realized my faith in god in early years of my life and experiences in life have only strengthened my faith; I was born and raised in a small town in India and my elementary to undergraduate education has been from a Christian, catholic school, Convent of Jesus & Mary, a congregation established by Mother Claudine Thevnet who wanted to undertake the education of girls in India. It was in school, I first experienced the introduction to Christianity and my family being Hindu resonated a lot of common values being taught at school. Since there was no conflict in my values learnt at school and those at home, these were only deepened and have become an important part of my personality. As a result of my upbringing and my education, memories of my faith are amongst my earliest. I believe in the presence of god and I believe that god has bigger plans for me. My education and my family has integrated values in me for respecting, accepting, understanding other members of the society. Hinduism taught me how to be respectful and tolerant to others, it taught me that I need to understand that I am a human and I am here to serve and help others in need. There have been times when faced with difficult challenges in life and I have followed the path laid by god, ignorance went away and I found solutions and answers to the problems and challenges that I faced.
People with disabilities are still people, they are people with hearts and they are actual physical beings; people with disabilities do their best to live every day to their fullest, yet that is still not enough for others. I feel like as a whole, humans are generally uncomfortable with people who have disabilities. Let’s think of it this way, people live their life every day in their normal lives and then they come across a person with a disability and suddenly their life is interrupted, like it is such a barrier in their flow of life to come across someone different from themselves.
As far back as I can remember, I have been raised around good Christian people with good Christian values. I felt safe in church, knowing that most of the families I had connected with had the same set of values and beliefs that I was educated on throughout my life. Learning what I have in