Understand Physical Disability
Outcome 1
1. Explain why it is important to recognise and value an individual as a person
A. It is important to recognise an individual as a person as it is their human right to be seen as such. If an individual is not seen as a person it devalues them and isolates them from everyday society making them feel “different”.
2. Describe the importance of recognising an individual’s strengths and abilities
A. Recognising a person’s strengths and abilities encourages independence and gives the person confidence in themselves. Encouragement to use these strengths and abilities also gives the person a feeling of control over their own lives which in turn encourages self-belief and confidence.
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This also means more disabled individuals are receiving work in television, for example, such as jack osboune who has recently been diagnosed with MS. Also the Paralympics was a huge success in Britain bringing attention to people’s abilities rather than disabilities. In the workplace, policies and procedures when applying for a job in care such as CRB checks are mandatory, however CRB’s do not give a well-rounded picture of the potential employee’s opinions, so it is up to fellow staff members to challenge them if they are deemed to be discriminatory against the residents in their care.
4. Describe the impact of disability legislation on community attitudes and practices
A. Disability legislation increases the recognition of actively involving individuals with a disability into community based projects and adapting mainstream projects for the involvement of others with a disability. This encourages inclusion for disabled individuals into the community and helps with other factors such as disabled access for wheelchair users and individuals with impaired mobility in the likes of schools and universities as well as local shops and community centres. Encouraging inclusion of disabled individuals into the community “normalizes” disability and encourages a positive
One page profiles and action plan. An effective way to identify somebody 's needs and wishes leading to a full and Persian centred action plan is to complete a one page profile with them. One page profile can be developed generally or around a specific area, such as their health, they provide the person and others with an at a glance snapshot of the most important aspects of the person life. You can support a person to put together a one page profile in two ways.
1.1 I communicate with a wide range of groups and individuals on a daily, weekly, and less frequent basis within my role as care home manager. These include other managers, operations manager, managing director and company owners as well as support workers, clients, team leaders, social workers, care managers, families, health and educational professionals, learning disability team members from 6 different boroughs etc.
2) Explain why it is important to work in a way that embeds person centred values
A range of factors can impact individuals with sensory loss, such as blind or partly sighted individuals struggle to read peoples facial expressions, which are important for communication. Also not realizing someone is talking to an individual if they are walking past or stood behind them can be frustrating. Written communication can also be problematic for partly sighted individuals. Larger font may help overcome these issues. People who are hard of hearing can also become frustrated as they can’t hear day to day noises such as the doorbell, telephone ring or people talking to them directly. This may make them feel with drawn from others and lonely.
If you do not already have a good disability policy, this may be an important opportunity to request disability awareness training for managers and union reps. Even disabled members may not be aware that they qualify for protection under the Equality Act 2010, or that they are ‘disabled’ according to the Act’s definition of a disabled person. Knowledge can be power, so publicise disabled people’s rights.
1.identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities
as initiatives such as ‘Our Health Our Care Our Say’, ‘Putting People First’ and ‘Valuing People’ are changing how we look at disability and making people aware that all disabled people have the right to take a full part in society.
1.1 Identify Legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities.
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To protect employees and employers; ensuring that their needs and rights, within the work place, are covered. They make sure everyone is treated equally and fairly, avoiding the risk of discrimination, both direct and indirect. This means making sure that everyone is given the same opportunities and freedom to develop within their work regardless of their race, sex and ability.
64) This defines that a human soul is more valuable than a human’s demerits. One should look at person from there righteousness, not their fault as this mentality separates the human race’s adhesiveness. 8. “I care for myself.
Helps to recognise what methods or ways are best suited to help that person. And where further help is needed to help teach or to use their strengths and abilities in which will help benefit them. Helping recognise strengths and abilities also helps build confidence in that person and may encourage to build on their strengths and to try to gain or strengthen new abilities. Strengths also help compensate for a person’s weaknesses, this helps show where development may be needed and how they can use existing strengths to help improve where they are weakest.
It is important for a person to be himself/herself because a person can spark change.
Another plausible cause could be peoples negative attitudes towards persons with disabilities, which is caused due to stereotyping them as incompetent. There are over 650 million disabled people worldwide, with nearly 400 million of them inhabiting Asia and the Pacific territory (United Nations, 2013). It has also been established that only 46 percent of working-age disabled persons are employed in comparison to the 76 percent of working-age non disabled persons (Marangozov et al., 2013). Ang et al. (2015) states that people with disabilities are considered ‘risky hires’ by employers. Hiring disabled persons is not entirely up to recruiters; it is backed up by personal factors as well the organisational constraints such as the lack of hiring policies and work facility accommodation for such candidates.
Developments in the Disabled Peoples Movement have brought disability to the fore as a civil rights issue in Britain. Growing numbers of politically active disabled people have generated an awareness of how their rights as citizens are denied by discrimination and oppression. Out of this has emerged the concept of `independent living'. A philosophy encompassing the full range of human and civil rights necessary for disabled people to be equal members of society. Underpinning this are four key beliefs: