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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Community Care

MARCH 2, 2023

The government will “strongly encourage” councils to appoint social work leads for special educational needs and disability (SEND) provision, it said today. The development of the role will be based on pilots run by charity the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) in 30 councils.

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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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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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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2023

Government safeguarding advisers set out a series of recommendations for improving care, social work practice, commissioning and regulation in residential services for disabled children and those with complex needs, in a report last week. ” .

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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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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 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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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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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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Community Care

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This should be underpinned by a fully-funded long-term plan for the sector based on the ambition of promoting ‘gloriously ordinary lives’ for disabled and older people and a better deal for carers, said the House of Lords adult social care committee, in a report published today. adults, older people and carers.

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The Guardian

APRIL 12, 2023

Local government ombudsman rules that delay in finding suitable accommodation for family caused serious health risks A severely disabled child missed out on vital NHS surgery and was left in chronic pain for more than three years because a council failed to move them out of unsuitable housing despite repeated pleas from health professionals, a watchdog (..)

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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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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

Learning disabilities and autism The draft bill aims to strengthen safeguards for those with learning disabilities and autistic people. The draft bill would also remove learning disabilities and autism as conditions for which an individual could be detained for treatment under section 3 of the MHA.

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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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CAPC

JANUARY 17, 2023

Study suggests that patients with intellectual disability may have reduced access to palliative care than the general population.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced increased tax relief for foster and shared lives carers, improved support for care leavers and enhanced help for disabled people to enter the workplace, in his Spring Budget today. This responds to research that disabled people felt the two assessments overlapped and being repeatedly assessed.

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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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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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Community Care

APRIL 6, 2022

Peers also introduced provisions to bring in free care for disabled people aged under 40 in a vote on the Health and Care Bill yesterday. ” Her amendment won backing from disability campaigner Baroness Campbell, who particularly cited the provision to provide free care for disabled people under 40.

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