Community Care

JANUARY 8, 2024

Government safeguarding advisers have voiced their disappointment over ministers’ response to their recommendations to improve the safeguarding of disabled children in residential settings. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The government has rejected an expert panel’s proposal to “severely curtail” the “inhumane” solitary confinement of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in mental health hospitals.

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Community Care

APRIL 21, 2023

The ‘outdated’ legal framework on social care for disabled children in England will be reviewed with a view to making it fairer and more effective. To improve how the law on social care for disabled children fits in with the law relating to children’s social care more broadly.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

While the molecular model of SCD has led to advances in medical management, its reductionism obfuscates the sociopolitical dimensions of the condition, affording little attention to the racialized, gendered, classed, and disabling disparities faced by people with SCD.

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International Federation of Social Workers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we come together to recognise and reaffirm the rights, dignity, and well-being of persons with disabilities. This year’s theme, “United in action […]

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Social Work Blog

JULY 12, 2023

During July, communities celebrate Disability Pride by showcasing their contributions and advocating for their rights. The first Disability Pride celebration took place in 2015 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed on July 26, 1990.

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Community Care

APRIL 20, 2023

Councils should have a bigger role monitoring local residential settings in their areas to better protect disabled children, an inquiry into the abuse of children in three services has concluded. “These recommendations set out a roadmap to more humane treatment of these children.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 6, 2023

Education Resource- International Perspectives of Disability video Here is a video from social work day prepared by various student/intern at the UN NY and participated in the Global Student Conference held on April 2, 2023. The video is about the different perspectives of disability around the world.

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CAPC

APRIL 22, 2024

All about Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's neuro-inclusive oncology care and empowerment program, which was designed to support adults living with cancer, who also have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) role after an inquiry into the abuse of disabled children identified “major failings” in relation to the function. ” Urgent actions .

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Associate Professor Shanna Kattari is the editor of “Exploring Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Human Service Professionals,” published earlier this month.

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Swhelper

OCTOBER 29, 2021

” Whether you realize it or not, this season of the “Bachelor” franchise spinoff took on the topic of disability empowerment. View Full Article - What “Bachelor in Paradise” Can Teach us About Empowering the Disability Community. Which is not exactly an expected topic for mainstream television.

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Nnatasha Tracy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Specifically, I know that many disabled people think that no one would want them if they knew the real them. But do disabilities — bipolar disorder or otherwise — stand in the way of being desirable? But one thing I know is that many people think that no one would want them if they knew the real them.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 12, 2023

During July, communities celebrate Disability Pride by showcasing their contributions and advocating for their rights. The first Disability Pride celebration took place in 2015 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed on July 26, 1990.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Dear Mr Javid, I am writing, in this open letter, to express my grave and continuing concern over the care and support for people who have a learning disability and autistic people detained in inpatient care or at risk of such detention. I attach Dimensions’ response to the committee report. Disappointing.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JUNE 8, 2022

Disability Online Research Indaba 2022 Registration and Invitation. Please take note that registration and the call for abstracts for the 2022 UKZN Disability Research Indaba is now open. The UKZN Disability Support Unit cordially invites you to register and/or submit an abstract for the 2022 Disability Research Indaba.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

Here are some of the articles in this issue: Beyond Ramps, Curb Cuts, and Captions: A Call for Disability Justice in Social Work. Despite decades of advocacy, Disabled people continue to experience ableism—such as inaccessibility, stigma, and exclusion—in all realms of social work.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

The obstacles and stresses that children with developmental disabilities and their families face can become overwhelming. By Dinah Wisenberg Brin. Before exploring how social workers can help neurodiverse children and their families, it’s important to understand their unique struggles.

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

adults who report they have a disability is 27%, representing 67 million adults, an increase of 1% since the data were last analyzed in 2016. Adults Identify as Disabled; Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist. A new analysis led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers finds that the number of U.S.

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Prosper Health Collective

AUGUST 30, 2021

Adjusting to a new disability is unexpected and challenging. The post Adjusting to a new disability appeared first on Prosper Health Collective. In this video Darren West offers ideas and strategies to assist you through these challenges. .

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Community Care

OCTOBER 6, 2022

People with learning disabilities and autistic people were “not always protected from abuse or poor care” by insufficiently skilled staff, amid a blame culture in a mental health trust’s inpatient services. Improvements included reduced use of restrictive interventions.

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The Socail Issue

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

TweetDebates about Covid-19 recovery and economic renewal ignore disabled people. million working-age disabled people already faced significant inequalities. This is shameful given that even before the virus, the UK’s 7.7 I wrote this opinion piece for the RSA Journal.

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The Socail Issue

JANUARY 5, 2021

Yet, as remarkable new research published today shows, Pew also had a learning disability. And, … Continue reading The Forgotten Learning Disabled Soldiers of World War One → Trusted with responsibility for his fellow men, he commanded and organised other soldiers and was a skilled member of a specialist firearms regiment.

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Social Care

JUNE 22, 2023

"The care provided at Outwood [and other similar care settings for people with learning disabilities] is person-centred and meaningful to each individual. This week is Learning Disabilities Week (19-25 June). All activities are based on people’s needs and likes. If something isn’t suitable, we always adapt and find a solution."

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Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have experienced abuse, trauma-informed care can prove very helpful. The impact and prevalence of trauma among persons with disabilities is hard to ignore. Other experiences that are unique to individuals with disabilities can be considered traumatic.

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CAPC

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

How to provide comprehensive, equitable palliative care for people with disabilities.

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Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Because December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it is a great time to increase your knowledge and awareness of disabilities. living with a disability. There are over 40 million people in the U.S.

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The Socail Issue

JANUARY 5, 2021

TweetAfter a year in secure care 105 miles from home, Jack Cavanagh, 17, who has autism, a learning disability and epilepsy, desperately misses his family. As a result, they say, Jack has become more anxious and isolated and recently … Continue reading The learning disabled people locked away in lockdown →

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The Socail Issue

JULY 31, 2020

Tweet“Not everyone with a learning disability wants to work in a supermarket, but jobs for learning-disabled people aren’t ever talked about in terms of professions. If they were, it could change how everyone sees us.”

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The Socail Issue

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This is what learning disabled people are facing in this pandemic. They are the hardest hit, … Continue reading All learning disabled people should get the covid vaccine →

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The Socail Issue

OCTOBER 12, 2020

TweetI wrote a personal piece for the Guardian about how Covid-19 is impacting disabled people and families. My youngest sister Raana, who has a learning disability, has … Continue reading Coronavirus restrictions have robbed disabled people of their independence → Coronavirus has thrust us all into a new normal.

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The New Social Worker

MAY 18, 2022

There are five things social workers can do today to be better intersectional practitioners in support of disabled people in the Asian American community. They center around the need for social workers to be reflective and reflexive practitioners.

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Community Care

MARCH 3, 2023

BBC Sounds: how the voices of disabled people can shape social care Photo: enterlinedesign/Fotolia Anna Severwright, the convener of social care movement #socialcarefuture, has spoken out about her experience as a disabled person and what is needed to create a “fit for purpose” adult social care system.

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Click to find out more This chapter provides: an understanding of the framework for the SEND CoP within the context of past legislation and guidance; identification of the current principles underpinning the current CoP; a consideration of definitions and terminology within the field of SEND; a discussion of medical and social models of disability.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Shanna Kattari, “We need to realize that not all disabilities are the same, and we have different needs and require different accommodations”. Read the full story at WalletHub’s “2021's Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities” article.

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Social Care

JUNE 22, 2022

Like all of us, people with learning disabilities need support to reconnect with a reopened society. Learning Disability Week is no different. People with learning disabilities and those who support them continue to process the difficulties of the last two years and reacquaint themselves with society. Image copyright Mencap ].

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The Social Care Elf

APRIL 21, 2021

The post Managing demand for social care among adults with intellectual disabilities appeared first on National Elf Service. The interventions to address this will need to be at all levels (national policy and legislation, managing local systems and in individual [read the full story.].

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