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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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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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Are you disabling your kids? Unfortunately though, many patent do inadvertently disable their kids. These behaviors of the parent can disable the child from managing distress, being responsible and coping with life’s ups and downs. They do so by coddling, carrying, and compensating. Removing any bumps.

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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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Reimagining Social Work

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The email below was sent to us by Amal Sadaqa from Stars of Hope a disability services NGO working in the West Bank of Palestine. It reminds us that while we must demand a permanent ceasefire on Gaza, the West Bank too is facing intensified attacks from Israeli Occupation forces. Fellows and colleagues in partner organizations […]

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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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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Mild Intellectual Disability (MID) is a much-misunderstood diagnosis. As for Intellectual Disability (ID), this is a replacement for the older diagnosis of Mental Retardation. It first appears in the 2013 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 th Edition (DSM-5). Indeed, it is.

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met with many blank stares. As a disabled social worker myself, I often notice that the disability community is not recognized as a cultural group. Elspeth Slayter.

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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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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 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 Guardian

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last month, I reported on cash-strapped Bristol city council’s proposal to move disabled people into residential care if it was deemed “best value” compared with providing support in their own homes. The onslaught of cost-cutting, short-termist, outright nasty public policy can sometimes make it hard to believe any progress is possible.

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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 Guardian

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In the latest sign of the UK’s deepening social care crisis, Leonard Cheshire said it had taken the drastic step of evicting vulnerable residents with complex disabilities because council funders had refused to meet fee increases that reflected the rising costs of wages, energy and food. Continue reading.

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Social Care

MAY 20, 2022

"People with learning disabilities have an equal right to a ‘good death’." Talking about death and dying is difficult for most of us, but historically it has been a huge barrier for people with learning disabilities. This gives a person with a learning disability more choice and control over the end of their life. Dying to talk.

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Community Care

JANUARY 14, 2024

Revised guidance on disabled children’s assessments The DfE has also strengthened guidance on the assessment of disabled children and their families after this was backed by two-thirds of respondents. The commission started its review in October 2023.

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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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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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The Guardian

APRIL 26, 2023

Readers express their anger at the abuse of vulnerable people in care settings highlighted in an article by John Harris I was both saddened and enraged to read John Harris’s article about the continuing abuse and torture of people with learning disabilities and autism ( Learning-disabled and autistic people are being neglected and tortured.

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The Guardian

JUNE 4, 2023

On 30 May, a coroner found that Sally Lewis, a woman with learning disabilities living in a care home, died of constipation and neglect in 2017. Some days it feels as if “burden” is not a strong enough word to describe things.

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The Guardian

MAY 27, 2023

As outgoings exceed income, people can’t afford to pay for the support they need along with normal expenses Disabled people are paying “a tax on disability” by being forced to fund soaring care charges out of their benefits as the cost of living pushes care users into financial crisis.

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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

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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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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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

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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The Guardian

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Ministers refuse to ease immigration restrictions as campaigners warn of ‘social care time bomb’ Disabled people are struggling to hire carers to help with vital daily tasks due to low pay and Brexit, the Observer has been told, with ministers refusing to ease immigration restrictions to address the crisis.

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The Guardian

MAY 31, 2023

We want to hear from people experiencing social care debt and how their lifestyle has changed as a result In England, many people with a disability are finding themselves in severe financial difficulty due to rising social care costs fuelled by the cost of living.

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The Guardian

JUNE 15, 2023

Readers explain how they are being forced to give up essential social care or forgo meals and sanitary products Disabled people in England are finding themselves in severe financial hardship owing to rising social care costs and the increase in the cost of living. Social care, unlike the NHS, is not free at the point of need.

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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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The Guardian

MARCH 15, 2023

The warning came as ministers unveiled a range of measures to try to drive more people back into the workplace, including scrapping controversial “fit for work” tests for disabled claimants and stepping up the threat of benefit curbs against part-time workers. Continue reading.

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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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CAPC

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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

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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 Frontline

DECEMBER 1, 2022

For the majority of my social work career I was a senior practitioner in a children with disabilities team. Though I am no longer in Frontline practice, I am still passionate about safeguarding children with disabilities and I have recently achieved a Masters degree in Advanced Child Protection. . appeared first on Frontline.

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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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