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    exclusion of individuals with learning disabilities. The Equalities Act of 2010 combines 116 different legislations to provide a legal framework the purpose of which is to protect the rights of individuals. It simplifies past legislation providing the UK with a law that protects individuals from discrimination and make society equal. Merged legislations are: The Equal Pay Act 1970 The Sex discrimination Act 1975 The Race Relations Act 1976 The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Employment

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    1. Disability Services Act 1991 The Act aims to ensure that people with disabilities receive services that enable them to achieve their maximum potential and participation in the community. It provides a legislative and funding framework for a range of disability services‚ most significantly employment services. It specifies that services are to complement those available generally to people in the community‚ and are to enable people with disabilities to achieve increased independence‚ employment

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    Movie Critique Summary The movie Radio is based on the true life story of James Robert "Radio" Kennedy‚ an African-American male with a slight mental disability‚ played by Cuba Gooding Jr.. The setting of this movie is in the small rural town of Anderson‚ South Carolina in 1976.The movie begins with the main character‚ Radio‚ pushing a grocery cart filled with his personal belongings and a radio‚ which he was affectionately named after‚ along a train track. During Radio ’s frequent journeys

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    prohibiting the discrimination against people with disabilities in employment‚ public services‚ public accommodations‚ and telecommunications. EEOC was given enforcement authority for title 1 of the act‚ the employment discrimination provisions. Title 1 of the act took 2 years before coming into effect to allow the Commission time to develop regulations and technical assistance‚ time to conduct comprehensive public education programs on the new disability law‚ also to allow time for employers to adjust

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    Today‚ more than 60 million people in the United States‚ approximately one in five‚ have some type of disability (The Equal Rights Center. n.d.). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. In general‚ a physical or mental impairment includes hearing‚ mobility and visual impairments‚ chronic alcoholism‚ chronic mental illness‚ AIDS‚ AIDS Related Complex‚

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    Although Roy D’Andrade’s and Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ arguments oppose one another they have fundamental similarities. As stated by Laura Nader‚ both D’Andrade and Scheper-Hughes are commenting on the overall adequacy of anthropology. D’Andrade argues that moral (defined as evaluative; good and bad‚ reward and punishment‚ and completely subjective) and objective (defined as telling about object being described‚ not about the describer) models should be kept separate‚ while Scheper-Hughes argues that

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    I. Societal Responses to Disability 1. How the perceived cause of disability affects societies response. 2. Personal examples of societal response to disability. II. Social Workers and People with Disabilities 1. Service systems designed to address issues specific to disability. 2. Personal thoughts on the service systems design to help the disabled. III. The Ecosystems Model and People with Disability 1. Individual 2. Family 3. Culture 4. Environmental-Structural 5. Historical

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    name: Unit 34 Description of Task: Questions to demonstrate your knowledge of physical disability and the impact on practice. Scope of Task The following areas are to be covered / discussed / referred to in your answers: An understanding of physical disability. The impact on the individual’s life. Person centred approach. Congenital disability. Acquired disability. Neurological disability. Progression of disability. Life choices. Task Questions Please ensure you

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    with disabilities has been defined as the person most responsible for the day to day decision making and care of that child which can be a mother or father‚ close relatives or professional caregivers. According to The International Classification of Functioning‚ Disability and Health (ICF)‚ Disability refers to difficulties encountered in any or all three areas of functioning which are: Impairments are problems in body function or alterations in body structure

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    MAINTAIN AN ENVIRONMENT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Assessment 21382/01 Task 1 Answer the following questions and exercises: 1. Detail five (5) ways that you can support and encourage the independence and self determination of a person with a disability. * Assist people to maintain their dignity by maintaining existing valued social roles and by finding ways for them to gain more valued roles. * Respect the individual’s right to self-esteem and self-determination. It’s

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