Understand physical disability
In this tutorial you will learn:
- About physical disability and the impact it has on a person's life
- The responsibility of society to promote a person-centred approach and enable individuals
- How to ensure equality and dignity
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Neurological Conditions Factsheet’ from the Neurological Alliance of Scotland.
- ‘Disability and the Equality Act 2010’, produced by the Government
- 'Disability’ from the Human Diseases and Conditions website.
- 'Early signs of MS’ on the MS Society website
- 'World report on disability’ from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and The World Bank.
- Regulation 9: Person-centred care of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
- 'A positive and productive approach to risk requires person-centred thinking’ from Helen Sanderson Associates.
- 'Guidance and resources’ from Disability Rights UK
- 'Disability discrimination' on the Equality and Human Rights Commission website
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the icon to the left to access a website by The Disabilities Trust called ‘Life Skills and Promoting Independence’. This webpage has information about providing a person-centred approach to caring for people with disabilities. Use the links to navigate to other articles on important topics.
- Scope, a disability charity, has conducted a series of research reports and the results are included in this report called ‘Current attitudes towards disabled people’.
- The Society for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities and their Families, known as Rescare, have produced an article on the ‘History of legislation on disability’.
- Click on the link to find out more about person-centred practices from the Helen Sanderson Associates website.
- Think And Challenge
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