Disability Awareness (L22347) My name is Janet Long and I am going to write a case study on Disability Awareness. I have based this case study on one of my clients‚ Mary‚ who has a form of disability known as Lewy Body Dementia. In this case study. I will be focusing on the independence value of the social model of care. I will be examining the * The Social Model of Care * Supports that can be put in place * Strategies used by the client to maintain their independence * Recommendations
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Disability Awareness Training Introduction As a member of Security Team you may experience the need to communicate with disabled customers or visitors to these premises. It is therefore important that we all understand the correct etiquette to use to ensure that the customer or visitor has a positive memorable visit due to the excellent customer service we provide. Words and phrases guidelines Disability vs. Handicap • A disability is a condition caused by such things as an accident or
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Octavia fisher Course title: (Group 4) Level 1 Diploma in Skills for Health and Social Care (Adults and Children) Course code: 1D-DIP-HSCEY-1 Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Module: OCN UNIT (3 credits) Submission Date: 22/10/2014 Assignment title: Introductory awareness of equality and inclusion in health‚ social care and children’s and young people’s settings Comments on content (based on the assessment criteria): Comments on use of English‚ vocabulary‚ punctuation
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social causes (Swenson). Social causes include poverty and disability in developing countries. The world’s poor are more likely to develop a disability within their lifetime however they are not able to be provided medical care and proper medical translation as opposed to the more financially privileged. Understanding organizations such as the Red Cross‚ Wheels for the World and World Institute on Disability helps to acknowledge disability and poverty in the different ways organizations approach the
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The disability simulation that I choose to do was to rent a wheelchair from the mall and spend an hour navigating around the mall in the wheelchair. The reason that I choose this simulation is because I thought it would be a great idea for me to experience what obstacles the people who are in wheelchairs have to endure on a daily basis in simple day-to-day activities. There are many things that people without disabilities‚ more specifically in this simulation people not in wheelchairs‚ do every single
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Unit 122 Outcome 2 1. The principles of each model are reflected in service delivery by meeting the additional needs of all children in your setting. E.G. A child who is deaf needs a support worker for the medical model and specialised equipment for the social model. A child who is blind needs a support worker for the medical model and specialised equipment for the social model. A child who is wheelchair bound needs a support worker for the medical model and involvement in all activities for
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Understanding Models of Disability Studies Generally‚ disability is considered to be a condition in which individuals are restricted from undertaking or performing tasks deemed to be normal or regular. More definitively‚ (World Health Organization-WHO‚ 2015) defines Disability as follows: "Disabilities is an umbrella term‚ covering impairments‚ activity limitations‚ and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered
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Introductory awareness of sensory loss Outcome 1: Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss and steps that can be taken to overcome these There are a range of factors‚ both negative and positive that can occur with an individual with sensory loss. A positive factor can be that the individual will gain a lot of support to help them deal with their sensory loss and how they will be able to move forward. Negative factors are that the individual won’t be able to perform
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Models of Disability Disability is a human reality that has been perceived differently by diverse cultures and historical periods. For most of the 20th century‚ disability was defined according to a medical model. In the medical model‚ disability is assumed to be a way to characterize a particular set of largely static‚ functional limitations. This led to stereotyping and defining people by condition or limitations. World Health Organization (WHO) – New definition of Disability In 2001‚ the
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SOAS Disability Equality Scheme 2010 - 2012 Appendix 3 Brief summary of three MODELS OF DISABILITY The Charity Model of disability The Charity Model casts the disabled person forever in the “poor unfortunate” role. It emphasises and encourages dependence on others rather than independence – one might say it is a form of “killing with kindness” since if this is taken to extremes the disabled person may lose those life skills they had and become increasingly dependent. The disabled person
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