2017年12月英语四级美文:People with Disabilities

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  2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总

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  People with Disabilities

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  People with disabilities comprise a large part of the population.

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  It is estimated that over 35 million Americans

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  have physical, mental, or other disabilities.

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  About half of these disabilities are “developmental”,

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  i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s twenty-second birthday,

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  often from genetic conditions,

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  and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development,

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  such as mobility, communication, employment, etc.

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  Most other disabilities are considered “adventitious”,

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  i.e., accidental or caused by outside forces.

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  Prior to the 20th century,

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  only a small percentage of people with disabilities

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  survived for long.

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  Medical treatment for these disabilities was unavailable.

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  Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate

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  in which people with disabilities

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  can expect to have such basic needs as food,

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  shelter, and medical treatment.

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  Unfortunately, these basics are often not available.

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  Civil liberties such as the right to vote,

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  marry, get an education,

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  nd gain employment have historically been denied

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  on the basis of disability.

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  In recent decades, the disability rights movement

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  has been organized to fight against these infringements of civil rights.

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  Congress responded by passing major legislation

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  recognizing people with disabilities

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  as a protected class under civil rights statutes.

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  Still today, people with disabilities

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  must fight to live their lives independently.

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  It is estimated that more than half of qualified

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  Americans with disabilities are unemployed,

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  and a majority of those who do work are underemployed.

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  About two-thirds live at or below the official poverty level.

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  Significant barriers,

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  especially in transportation and public awareness,

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  prevent disabled people from taking part in society.

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  For example, while no longer prohibited by law from marrying,

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  a person with no access to transportation

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  is effectively excluded from community and social activities

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  which might lead to the development of long-term relationships.

  2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总

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