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Evaluation III<br />

Questions for evaluation and reflection/ Chapter III:<br />

1) Please provide a clear and concise answer:<br />

a. What is social exclusion?______________________________________________________<br />

___________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

____________________________________________________.<br />

b. What is social <strong>in</strong>clusion? ______________________________________________________<br />

___________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

___________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

_____________________________.<br />

2) Investigate what method is used to def<strong>in</strong>e poverty <strong>in</strong> your country. You can do this by call<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

Statistics and Census Bureau on the telephone to <strong>in</strong>quire, or by visit<strong>in</strong>g this <strong>in</strong>stitution’s web site. It would<br />

also be useful to read publications <strong>in</strong> your country that conta<strong>in</strong> data about disabilities and poverty.<br />

3) In your own words, expla<strong>in</strong> the vicious circle between poverty and disability. Give an example of this<br />

circle from your own experiences_____________________________________ _____________________________<br />

___________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

_______________________.<br />

4) Comment on the follow<strong>in</strong>g phrase: “People with disabilities are disproportionately poor, and the poor<br />

are disproportionately disabled.”<br />

5) Add up the additional expenses that a family you know with a disabled member has to spend. Investigate<br />

how they cover these costs.<br />

6) If you were <strong>in</strong> a decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g position, what actions would you promote to break the vicious circle<br />

of poverty and disability?<br />

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