influence accessibility for people with disabilities (Banda-Chalwe‚ Nits & de Jonge‚ 2012). It is important in order to evoke change to improve accessibility for people with disabilities‚ one has to acknowledge the role of the built environment
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on how people experience ill-health and disability than biological ones. Discuss The author of this assignment will look at societal factors and see if they have an impact on how people experience ill-health and disability aswell as looking at the biological factors. Academics often argue that societal factors have a much greater impact on things such as; the area you live in and how long life expectancy in that area is. Sociologist often see disability and ill-health as socially constructed whereas
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Student number 11005332 PRNG 1001 Summative Assignment on Learning Disabilities Scenario Word Count 2118 Contents Page PAGE 1- Title page PAGE2-Contents page PAGE 3 Professional values and beliefs PAGE 5- How best to communicate with James and the interpersonal skills a nurse needs to be able to communicate effectively. PAGE 6- What James needs are in relation to the scenario. PAGE 7- Promoting James’s health and wellbeing in the scenario. PAGE 8 – Pros and cons of James going into
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around people with disabilities Imagine going down a hallway at school or work and seeing someone with a disability stopped in the hallway talking to someone who is not his or her caretaker . Other people in the hallways are waving and saying hello to that person. Once that person is done interacting with people‚ he or she walks into his or her own office to work his or her own day job. This seems like a fairly normal scenario except the fact that the person who has a disability is getting treated
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Diversity and Inclusion David Jubbs There are two models that link Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion and the first one is Social Model of disability which views discrimination and prejudice as being embedded in today’s society‚ their attitudes and their surrounding environment. The Social Model focuses on who the adult is as a person not what their disability or diagnosis is and the focus is on how to improve the individuals life and empower them to be more independent in what they do such as if
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Adults with development disabilities in nursing homes are living longer and have been taken as a living part of our community. They may possess a variety of developmental health disabilities which can be seen in any healthcare settings especially in nursing homes. Therefore‚ there is the need to provide occupational therapy to adults who have developmental disabilities. They need occupational therapists who promote health and participation of people‚ populations and organizations through engagement
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LD201 Understand the Context of Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights‚ inclusion‚ equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities? The human rights act allows individuals with learning disabilities the right to equal chances when it comes to jobs this will promote inclusion and will also make the individual feel like they’re included and valued as a member of the community‚ the
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with Learning Disabilities 1.1 People with learning disabilities are more vulnerable than other people; they are affected by certain laws. There isn’t one law or Act which covers their situation‚ but they may be affected by laws concerning: * Education * Voting rights * Ownership of property * Guardianship * Control of finances * Consent to sex In the United Kingdom‚ specific legislation that affects people with learning disabilities include: * Disability Discrimination
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gave rise to disability rights. Disability rights groups argued that the problem lay with way society respond to people with disabilities. Disability group took actions against institutional discrimination‚ poor access‚ social environments and inequalities. In 1945‚ many disabled people were killed. Also many people were isolated and sterilised. The Disability Employment Act‚ (1944)‚ is to provide shelter‚ employment and jobs for disabled people. A Social and Medical models of disability established
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Many students with disabilities in the United States are receiving a sub-standard education because states are not complying with federal rules on special education as a result of discriminatory practices (BBC News Online). In many cases‚ children with disabilities are being taught in separate classroom‚ when they should not be segregated. In addition‚ schools are not always following regulations meant to protect students with disabilities from discrimination. Historically ethnic and linguistically
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