This was echoed in the dissatisfaction felt
by people with a learning disability with the way they had been treated by police.
Every time I wait until the person has expressed their opinion before explaining that it was made
by people with learning disabilities in Banwell Pottery, a sheltered workplace, as a gift for me from the charity Brandon Trust.
An article published in Learning Disability Practice describes a UK framework to help professionals tackle the health and social care inequalities faced
by people with learning disabilities.
This event is part of In the Frame, a project run
by people with a learning disability, hosted by Tate Liverpool for DaDaFest International 2009.
Not exact matches
The organization supports a network of youth mentoring programs run
by and for those
with learning differences, and organizes advocates to support the full inclusion of
people with learning disabilities and ADHD in all aspects of society.
The rights and positions of
people with learning disabilities are not judged
by juries of their peers but
by systems where power is held
by «lords» — commissioners, social workers, service providers, psychiatrists, judges and politicians.
As well as blind and partially - sighted
people, «Talking Buses» will help other
people - including the elderly,
people with hearing impairments and
learning disabilities -
by making them feel reassured that clear and timely information is always available.
The support the «Stand
by me» campaign has had from chief constables is extremely encouraging, but this must filter down to frontline officers if
people with a
learning disability are to receive the service they deserve.
To date, 40 out of the 44 police services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed up to the «Stand
by me» police promise to improve how they serve
people with a
learning disability and tackle hate crime.
Until prejudice such as this is eradicated,
people with a
learning disability will continue to be failed
by the system and denied justice.
Outgoing chair of the Police Federation, Jan Berry, welcomed the report, saying: «The need to identify and support
people with learning disabilities through the criminal justice system, and the process
by which some can be diverted more appropriately into healthcare settings, are concerns that have been neglected for too long.
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with Disabilities in Schools of Engineering (NSF Grant EID 9101122), 1990 - 1995 Agenda for Access: Scientists and Engineers
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Better support can greatly improve the supermarket shopping experience for
people with intellectual (
learning)
disabilities, a study
by an independent self - advocacy group reveals.
In the UK concerns about institutional discrimination raised
by the charity Mencap in its Death
by Indifference report, and the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of
People with Learning Disabilities, have highlighted the importance of tackling these issues.
- Lord Victor Adebowale, House of Lords and Chief Executive of Turning Point, a social care enterprise supporting
people affected
by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those
with learning disabilities
Scotlands adult dating and friendship agency run
by and for
people with learning disabilities.
Gabrielle Rappolt - Schlichtmann is an applied education scientist
by training, but her experience as a
person with a
learning disability has made her keenly aware of the unique strengths and perspective
disability can afford.
The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department
by parents or
persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified
by the commissioner as a poor
learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student
learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students
with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.
Overall, the course focuses on supporting
people with severe and / or multiple
disabilities by promoting opportunities, participation,
learning, and support that result in valued life outcomes.
These pages are designed to serve as a tool for those interested in
learning more about access rights for
people with disabilities partnered
with assistance dogs, to review the industry standards developed
by Assistance Dogs International and to gain an understanding of the various state and federal laws that are in place.
After a comprehensive but very rewarding process, jumeirahcollection.com is now completely accessible
by people with the following
disabilities: No vision, low vision, colour blindness, dyslexia, deafness, mobility impairment and
learning difficulties.»
This year, the Cambridge office of Irwin Mitchell has voted to support Rowan, an organisation which supports
people with learning disabilities by running art and craft classes designed to stimulate and help them develop their social skills.
Mencap is a national charity that supports
people with learning disabilities (caused
by the way the brain develops before / during / shortly after birth) that affect their intellectual and social development.
The LCO
Disabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services a
Disabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced
by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services a
disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced
by persons with mental health
disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services a
disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced
by persons with mental
disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services a
disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact
with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate)
persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services a
disabilities, particularly those
with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue
disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services a
disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards
persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services a
disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to
persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny
people's rights to those services and supports.
CCD has intervened in this appeal because of a concern that the comparator group analysis adopted
by the
learned Chambers Judge has the potential to undermine the right of all
persons with disabilities to accommodation in a variety of settings.
In light of this, the government promised that the 3,376
people with learning disabilities living in NHS funded in - patient services would be moved to appropriate community based services
by June 2014.
Record numbers of
people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions are being helped into work
by the Access to Work scheme.
I think that
learning to be comfortable
with children
with disabilities and
learning that those
people's identities are just as complex as their own, in other words, that they're not defined
by their
disability, but that they might be loud and noisy or they might be god at drawing or they might be very quiet, whatever.