This presentation examines special education and learning disabilities through natural science and social science lenses. It discusses how pollution has impacted societies in the past and present. In the 1950s, lung disease was prevalent in London due to pollution, and the medical field did not advocate for cleaner air. Today, the World Bank helps developing countries reduce pollution and provided $1 billion to China in 2016 to improve air quality. Both lenses show that pollution affects communities worldwide and requires global cooperation to address.

1. Special Needs And Learning
Disabilities
Natural Science and Social
Science Lenses
Nicole Stinger
IDS 100
June 14, 2020

2. Introduction
• The focus of this presentation is the topic of Special Education and
Learning Disabilities as viewed through the lenses of Natural Science
and social science.
• I chose this topic because
• I was also curious about which societies are affected by pollution.

3. Special Needs And Learning Disabilities
• Lung disease was prevalent in London in the 1950s.
• Worldwide, pollution is the fourth leading cause of death.
• The medical field did not advocate for cleaner air.
• Asthma patients were instructed to open a window when having an
attack. However, they were not instructed to then call an ambulance.
• In the history field, pollution and its effects were observed through
firsthand accounts and media reports. Facts support the information.

4. Pollution and Social Science
• Low-income countries are more susceptible to air pollution.
• Worldwide, pollution is the fourth leading cause of death.
• The World Bank helps developing countries reduce pollution.
• China was given $1 billion (in U.S. dollars) to improve air quality in
2016.
• Social science lens focuses on how pollution affects societies and how
they can improve their quality of living by making the air cleaner.
Social science also explains how the global communities can help
each other.

5. Convergence
• Both lenses discuss people and how pollution affects their lives.
• Both articles discuss how death affects the community.

6. Divergence
• The history lens looks at a period of time in the past (the 1950s),
whereas the social science lens looks at the problem and how
solutions are developed in the present.
• The history article discusses how London could not afford the cleaner
coal and how no organization came to its rescue. In the global
community, the World Bank gave China money to lower emissions to
result in cleaner air.

7. Both Lenses
• When looking through both lenses, a picture of pollution in world
communities is present. It is evident that pollution happens
worldwide and it will take the global community to remedy the
pollution.

8. Further Exploration
• For further exploration, I would like to know more about what
communities the World Bank assists and which countries have the
worst pollution.
• Does pollution affect societies that have low gas emissions? (e.g.,
nomadic tribes in Africa that live off the land)
• Keywords: Pollution and Africa
• Are products that are imported into the United States contributing to
pollution? If so, how do we stop this?
• Keywords: U.S. imports and pollution

9. Conclusion
• In this slide, reflect on what you learned through the research
process, specifically focusing on the benefits of looking at a topic from
various lenses.

10. References
Bates, D. V. (2002). A half century later: Recollections of the London fog.
Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(12).
Osabuohien, E., Efobi, U. R., & Gitau, C. M. (2015). Environment challenges in
africa: Further dimensions to the trade, MNCs and energy
debate. Management of Environmental Quality, 26(1), 118. Retrieved
from
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.s
nhu.edu/docview/1648112892?accountid=3783
The World Bank. (2016, Sept. 8). Air pollution deaths cost global economy
US$225 billion. Retrieved from
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/09/08/air-
pollution-deaths-cost-global-economy-225-billion