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Understand physical disability

Watch this 9-minute video which describes the struggles and experiences of individuals and families coping with physical disabilities.Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting? What could you put into practice?

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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.

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