Learning Disability Flashcards
List 4 characteristics of a learning disability.
1 - Starts before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development.
Significantly reduces the ability to:
2 - Understand new or complex information.
3 - Learn new skills.
4 - Cope independently.
List 3 papers and initiatives that have changed the lives of disabled people.
For each, include a brief description of the paper.
1 - Winterbourne review (investigation into mistreatment of patients at Winterbourne).
2 - Homes not hospitals (an initiative for improving healthcare services so that disabled people can live at home).
3 - Valuing people now (a government plan to improve all aspects of the lives of disabled people).
List 4 laws that improve the lives of disabled people.
1 - Equality Act 2010.
2 - Mental Capacity Act 2005.
3 - Autism Act 2010.
4 - Care Act 2014.
List the aims of the Mental Capacity Act of 2005.
1 - To empower and protect people who may not be able to make some decisions for themselves.
2 - To plan ahead in case they are unable to make important decisions for themselves in the future.
What is the aim of the Autism Act of 2010?
To to improve support and services for autistic people.
What is the aim of the Care Act of 2014?
To introduce new duties on local authorities to carry out Child’s Needs Assessments for young people where there is ‘likely to be a need for care and support’ after they reach 18.
Define reasonable adjustment.
Any person centred approach to meet a person’s’ needs.
List 5 examples of reasonable adjustments.
1 - Improved communication.
2 - Increased time for appointments.
3 - Appointment times at quieter times of the day.
What is a hospital passport?
A resource for autistic people that outlines important information for their care.
List 3 communication aids for disabled people.
1 - Pictures (e.g. PECS cards).
2 - Communication passports.
3 - Technology.
