Eth125 R8 Wk8 Disability Diversity
Aging and Disability Worksheet
Part I
Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population.
1. Ageism
2. poverty
3. Elderly abuse and discrimination
Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is the prejudice and discrimination against the elderly people and older people. I feel that the people that are younger or middle view the elderly as if they have a disease or that there about dead. Most youth and middle age people think they’re the only people that matter and so many of the middle age people think turning 40 is the worst thing to do. Once a person turns the age of 60 there subjected to be considered elderly and become of the ageism community. A lot of the elderly people deal with discrimination from others who are afraid of getting older. (P.395-396 racial and ethnic group).
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? How does the ADA address issues for the aging population? The Americans with Disability Act was estabatished in the year 1990. This act stopped discrimination based on the disabilities as well as other things such as a religion, sex, or race. This act protects the older aged people trying to get a job and it is illegal for them to be denied a job because of their age. This gives them the ability to get a job as well as contribute to society as well as their own daily lives. There able to work and also move up on the job they are working due to the experience they have and there qualifications for the job. Where they used to be held back because of their age.
What is being done to address the issues you identified?
There have been many new laws that have been placed and implemented to deal with all the different forms of age discrimination. The years before all the different laws were put into place it was so much harder...
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