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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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    against people with mental or physical disabilities. Disabled people are often pitied‚ assumed to be incompetent‚ abnormal and weak. Due to these stereotypes they are not seen as fully human‚ members of society which means that they are often not given equal chances in life and are excluded from society (Bognar‚ 2016). The media often portrays disabled people as having awful lives and that they need to be pitied (Coleman et al.‚ 2015). People with disabilities are stereotyped as a burden because they

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    There is a social contribution to the conceptualization of disability. Like gender‚ disability is socially constructed by determining normality and excluding those who do not meet the normal standards. Social factors that construct disability include spread of diseases and privation of basic needs following wars‚ invasions‚ etc. In addition‚ lack of good medical care and practices can create or prevent physical disabilities. In addition‚ the increases in the pace of life contribute to an increase

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    Any aspect of a childâ€TMs development can be affected by disability. Physical disability A physical disability affects the mobility of children and young people and impacts their lifestyle‚ education and development throughout their life. In some cases a physical disability may involve other restrictions such as special dietary requirements or the need to use medical or adapted equipment. Physical disabilities and health conditions can be classified as congenital or acquired. Congenital conditions

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    Unit 4222-245 Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities Outcome 1 Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights ind inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities 1.identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities One of the main causes of discrimination is the fear and lack of understanding of others because

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    CT270 Principles of Supporting Young People With a Disability To Make the Transition into Adulthood. 1. Understand the steps and stages of moving from childhood to adulthood. 1.1 Identify the range of physical‚ social and emotional changes which occur for young people as they move into adult. Fear of the unknown Acceptance from the general population Involvement in the process Choice‚ control and independence 1.2 Explain the changes faced by young people as they move from childhood into adulthood

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    1 Description of a program within an organisation that influence the lives of people with disabilities Type of activity of the program/organisation Ability West / Éirim an Iarthair is a social care organisation‚ which offers supportive and social care services to the people with intellectual disability. The organisation was founded in 1962 and it was known as The Galway County Association in the former days‚ offering services for mentally handicapped children (Abilitywest.ie‚ 2016). Currently

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    Define the IssuePhysical disability discrimination is when people are being treated less fairly because of their disability such as broken leg‚ deaf‚ or blind. People can be discriminated direct or indirect. Unfair treatment means that a disable person will be treated disadvantaged in the society and doesnt have the same opportunity or choice as a non-disable person in situation like employment‚ education‚ and access goods‚ services and facilities. Personal ExperienceI have no personal experience

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    learning disabilities are problems with age-appropriate reading‚ spelling‚ and/or writing” Learning disabilities do not always define the intelligence of an individual or their potential abilities. One of the underlying causes of learning disabilities are due to congenital issues such as differences developmentally in the brain. One of the most commonly known language-based learning disability with importance to reading is Dyslexia‚ however this is not solely the only language-learning disability and

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    DIVERSE IDENTITIES ADV Shai Mesika Period 1 Class Notes UNIT II: JEWS WITH DISABILITIES October 4‚ 2012 What is a disability? - Anything that limits your day to day activities - Something that causes you to be physically and emotionally separated from a community - Something that interferes with the way people see you or the way you see people - Something that you can consider a disability‚ the words that people use for themselves are correct http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/demographics-identity/dkaplanpaper

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