1.1 Identify legislation and policies which are designed to promote the human rights,inclusion equal ife chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities • Disability Discrimination Act • Human Rights Act • Equality Act • Health and Social Care Act (Regulated activities) • Essential Standards • Mental Capacity Act. • National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 • Company policies and procedures • Disability Equality Duty 2006.. 1.2 Explain how this legislation and policies influence the day to day life of individuals with learning disabilities and their families. The influence that legislation and policies have on the day-to-day experiences of an individual with a learning disability and of …show more content…
We now strive to work the opposite to how past ways of working were giving the individual a better quality and equal life style. 3.3 Identify some of the key changes in the following areas of the lives of individuals who have learning disabilities -Where people live • Choices where they live • Independent and supported living • Intergrated within the community -daytime activities • More available with choices • Participating in community activities -Employmeny • More opportunities • Equality -Sexual relationships and parenthood • Choices • Education • Support -The provisions of healthcare • Choices of treatment • Availability • More understanding and aware of learning disabilities and support needed • Access to health care 4.1 Explain the term social inclusion Social inclusion is about involving everyone in society, making sure all have opportunities to work or take part in social activities. 4.2
All of us have formed habits in our daily life. Even though some of these habits only exist in our subconscious and we cannot actually make sure whether they are real or only the conjectures. But it is undoubted that all of our behaviors are influenced by our desires on specific objectives. In the book, the power of habit, Charles Duhigg explained the definition of a habit as an effort-saving instinct. “When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making” (20). To support his opinions on habits, he introduced the three-step model of a habit loop, the theory of golden rule of habit, and the role of a craving brain and belief in the process of a habit changing. Through learning
Explain how legislation and local and national practice guidelines affect the planning of the transition for a young person with a disability from childhood into adulthood.
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.
Convenience/Burden- Like a general partnership a limited partnership is easily formed and can enjoy pass through-taxation. It can also be easier to get financing with a limited partnership. A downfall of the limited partnership is that the death of a general partner can dissolve the partnership unless a prior agreement has been established.
Drugaid is a Substance misuse charity based in South East Wales. Drugaid was established 1972 in Cardiff by Rev. Peter Keward. It was then known as South Wales Action to Prevent Addiction (SWAPA). SWAPA was a Volunteer-led information and help line. The first paid Coordinator was in the mid 1980's. SWAPA changed its name to Drugaid in the early 1990's
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The court verified that a person is a partner and jointly liable with others in the firm “if his agreement with them is that he should be paid by the firm a fixed sum, irrespective of profits, for work done by him”.
Individuals with learning disabilities used to be separated from society in institutions, long-stay hospitals and workhouses to be cared for, their independence was taken away and decisions were made for them by their care provider, which is now recognised as depriving their liberty. Care providers are now led by legislation, codes of conduct, policies and procedures to protect their liberty, human rights and provide equality and individualised person centred care. By looking at past ways of working, care providers are able to identify what was wrong in the service provision and identify ways of improvement to meet modern standards of care. This has helped to change the attitudes and beliefs within society, improving the individuals experiences
In 1973 the section 504 rehabilitation act banned discrimination on people with disabilities. “For the first time, the exclusion and segregation of people with disabilities was viewed as discrimination” (Mayerson). People thought that people with disabilities that were unemployed and uneducated was “inevitable” (Mayerson). People fighting for the disabled proved that this was wrong and needed to be changed. The Americans with Disabilities act changed nothing for the employment for them, and by 2018 people with disabilities were still getting wages 40 percent below a “healthy person’s” (Picker). But, despite some unchanged discrimination the fixing of the equality between the disabled and nondisabled, right now, is that the Americans
People with disabilities have long suffered from discrimination and segregation. In the 1880, people with hearing, visual, physical, mental or emotional impairments were sent to be educated in residential institutions or asylums. ("Issues about Change) Parents and family of those with disabilities put pressure on our government and legislation to develop and provide equal access to education by way of mainstreaming or special education. Section 504 of Public Law 93-112 passed in 1973 had far reaching effect on exclusion and discrimination. (Gollnick and Chinn p. 168) This law did for those with disabilities that Title IX did for females and education; it provided access and participation in regular education and extracurricular
The F.A.T ((F)rustration, (A)nxiety, and (T)ension) City workshop was where a group of people got together and an instructor showed them first hand the struggles of a student with a Learning Disability. Through out the video they did different activities to show the different scenarios where a student might have difficulties and how one should handle the situation. It also showed how hard simple tasks might be for a LD student (Learning Disability). Everyone in the room got to experience the frustration of a student with a learning disability. They got to feel how much frustration, anxiety, and tension a LD student has on a day-to-day basis.
In contrast, social inclusion is where all members of society share a common goal in helping maintain a cohesive balance to society, while uplifting moral and behavioral conditions (Jonas, 2013). This was present in the beginning, where the compassionate and selfless behavior of the nursing team helped spur them to travel great lengths helping others in need.
The role of the government in giving decent employment to people with intellectual disabilities is immense. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Department of found out that 7% of adults with learning disabilities were able to engage in some form of paid employment. The vast majority of this labour force is comprised of part-time work. The British Association for Supported Employment was a program that has been successfully implemented for decades as a personalised model for giving support to people with significant intellectual disabilities to secure and retain paid employment. This government program uses a partnership strategy to help people with disabilities to achieve a sustainable and long-term employment. It also helped businesses
The treatment and care for people with a Learning Disability has changed drastically over time, initially derogatory systems and labels were in place, with no consideration to people with Learning Disabilities. Later transformations in legislation saw the introduction of improving services for people with disabilities such as the 1971 Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped (Department of Health and Social Security, 1971) which saw the promotion of caring for people in the community, The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and The Mental Capacity Act (2005).
A second law dealing with special needs students is section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This act requires that schools, which receive federal funding, provide equal education to all handicapped children in the schools jurisdiction (W.E.A.C, 2001). This act also requires that handicapped children be educated with other children who are not handicapped to the maximum extent (W.E.A.C, 2001). This requirement clearly points to inclusion as the best option available for handicapped students, in the opinion of the federal government. Section 504 has helped handicapped people in other areas as well. The act requires that public buildings make architectural changes to increase accessibility for those with special needs (Choate, 1997). This part of the act was important because it put an end to school?s using the structure of the school building as an excuse for providing an unequal education to those children who were handicapped or disabled.