Q 1. Answer all three parts: (30 points) A. Research the answer to the following question: Describe the change of attitudes towards persons with disabilities from the founding of this country to the present. How were these attitudes expressed in terms of the care given to them and the agencies set up to help them?

Q B. Looking back 25-30 years, what significant social policy and legal steps have been taken to improve the lives of persons with disabilities?C. Discuss the current failings of our current social policy. (Consider the effects of the recession, a conservative political climate, and enforcement of laws presently in place.)2. (10 points) The Affirmative Action program was designed to equalize employment opportunities for minorities, an acknowledgement that discrimination existed against minorities. A quota system was established mandating that employers had to hire a certain number of minorities, thus instituting preferential hiring practices to equalize opportunities for the disadvantaged. Question: Assume that you are a maker of social policy who is asked to determine whether people with disabilities should have the same benefits of preferential hiring and also determine whether veterans with disabilities should be given hiring preference over civilians with disabilities. Provide arguments for your decision. 3. Are disability rights laws a guarantee of civil rights for the disabled? Explain. (10 points)4. How do books, movies, and TV shows, and other media instruct us to think about disability? i.e., how do they shape our attitudes? (This answer requires research and specific examples.) (10 points)5. Define the concept of “normalization” as it pertains to disability. How has this concept affected the treatment of disabilities? (10 points)