EH2 Week 8 Flashcards
Discuss the history of Disability
a) 18 & 19 century
b) Post WW2
c) 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights
d) 1958 Principle of Normalization
e) 1981 UN International Year of Disabled Discrimination Act
f) 1992 Commonswealth National Disability Act
g) 2012 Commonswealth National Disability Insurance Scheme Act
h) 2013 National Disability Insurance Scheme
i) 2017 Implementation of NDIS
a) People with disability were treated as an low order than being human
b) Impact of advances in medical treatment, health, increased longevity, living conditions, missing limbs, post-traumatic disorder
c) allowed people with disabilities to be a part of the community
d) the normal patterns and conditions of everyday life are made available to people with disability
e) focused on the equalization of opportunities, rehabilitation and prevention of disabilities
f) promoting equality and eliminating discrimination for people with disabilities
g) Legislation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
h) Supporting people with disability to live an ordinary life
and helping them reach their goals
i) NDIS is put into effect
Define Disability
The functional impact of impairment on performance, the inability perform an activity
Define Impairment
Loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function
Define Handicap
Disadvantage resulting from the person’s disability, unable to fulfill the role of an normal individual
What are seven proper ways to communicate with a patient who has an disability?
1) Simplify your language
2) speak more slowly
3) face the person more directly
4) use adaptive devices
5) Take more time in order to understand
6) Use carer or other support person for additional support
7) Remembering who is the patient
Why are labels are a problem for people with disability?
a) there is a relationship between labels and judgements
b) usually negative
c) tend to stigmatize
d) establish myths that hard to eliminate
e) limited exceptions
