Sentences with phrase «of people with a learning disability»

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.

Only 16 per cent of people with learning disabilities are exercising their right to vote, it has been claimed, as a campaign is launched to make disabled people's votes count.

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The report exposed a truly disturbing picture of the lives of people with a learning disability; nearly nine in ten of those surveyed had been bullied in the past year.

The hard - won rights of people with a learning disability to live independent lives are being eroded as a result of government cuts to benefits and social care services, charities have warned.

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.

«Improving the health of people with learning disabilities.»

Record numbers of people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions are being helped into work by the Access to Work scheme.

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Aside from people with physical limitations or learning disabilities, much of the population can afford to work longer.

L'Arche (meaning «The Ark» in French) is a worldwide network of Christian communities where people with learning disabilities live as peers alongside assistants.

Many people with severe learning disabilities may never come to an intellectual understanding of Christianity.

«Strawberry Field has the potential to bring that vision to life; changing the lives of young people with learning disabilities, who find it difficult to find gainful employment, as well as encourage more projects similar across the UK.»

People with Down's syndrome all have a certain degree of learning disability.

We must extend to the person with a disability, that supportive community of acceptance, which can in turn receive and learn from such an individual.

However, controlling for SES, it is clear that fathers of children with disabilities experience more depression, as well as more parenting and child - related stress and often feel their parental situation is more uncontrollable (SCIE, 2005b; Foundation for People with Learning Disabilidisabilities experience more depression, as well as more parenting and child - related stress and often feel their parental situation is more uncontrollable (SCIE, 2005b; Foundation for People with Learning DisabilitiesDisabilities, 2007).

We're proud to offer a variety of life - changing programs at our 73 locations that help people with disabilities, seniors, veterans, and caregivers live, learn, work, and play in their communities.

However, one group of disabled people were left behind during this revolutionary time — those with learning disabilities.

But even in 2015, the options available to those with learning disabilities in adult life are severely restricted, and becoming ever more restricted as the impact of austerity is felt in people's daily lives.

The Court of Appeal upholds ruling that the process used to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.

The organisation aims to support people with learning disabilities to have a louder voice in the media and the world of politics.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling which found that the process used to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.

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.

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.

The Prison Reform Trust has previously reported on the large numbers of people with mental health problems, learning difficulties and learning disabilities held within the prison estate.

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- 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

«My hope has always been with the study that we would learn much more about how to get lots of people to live to older age in good health and markedly delay their disability and age of onset of diseases...,» Perls said.

James is one of an estimated 10 000 people in Britain with a learning disability (formerly called mental handicap) who deliberately and regularly harm themselves.

Estimates of the proportion of people with severe learning disabilities who harm themselves in some way range from one in eight to one in three in those whose learning disability is combined with autism and a sensory disability such as loss of sight or hearing.

Senator Booker visits Kessler Foundation and Kessler Institute to Learn New Ways of Improving Care and Employment for People with Disabilities

The delight of making research discoveries with colleagues, engineering neural devices in close partnership with people who have disabilities and opening new pathways to learning for the next generation are all at the heart of the Center's mission.

Every donor is an essential partner in our mission to change the lives of people with disabilities — helping people take first steps; improve the ability to think, learn, and remember; and overcome obstacles to employment.

«We learned that nearly 69 percent of people with disabilities are striving to work and successfully overcoming barriers to the workplace.

WEST ORANGE, N.J. — On Friday, June 6, Senator Cory Booker (D - NJ) toured West Orange's Kessler Foundation and Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation to learn the latest updates in medical rehabilitation research, patient care and treatment, and employment funding strategies that are improving the quality of life of people with disabilities.

Learn a Language - Share a Language This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities.

Most of the students in this book, either through their own drivenness or through the interventions of adults — either parents, teachers, or related services people, therapists and so forth — develop the strategies they needed to be successful: to be able to access education at a high level; to know how to handle the heavy reading load when they read at a very low rate; to learn how to manage pain, which was the case with one of the students in the book who has chronic pain due to his physical disabilities; or to learn how to manage anxiety, which is the case of two of the people in the book.

Of the many ways that technology enhances our lives, one compelling example is assistive technology (AT)-- tools to help people with learning or motor disabilities complete everyday tasks.

What surprised us, though, was the number of thank - you e-mails we received from people with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

While accommodating the needs of people with disabilities in online learning environments, it also serves as a best practice for creating and developing learning opportunities that are accessible to everyone.

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 interdisciplinary project, appropriate for middle - and high - school students, helps students learn about people with disabilities while they participate in a variety of lessons and activities that supplement and enhance the entire curriculum.

This site includes Listen Up, a student's guide to the Individualized Educational Program; Speak Up, tips on dealing with and compensating for LD - related problems; Read Up, a list of books about LD and kids with LD; and Interact Up, an activity page where students can take a quiz to learn about celebrities with learning disabilities and print a page to show other people what it's like to have a learning disability.

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.

The person in this position is responsible for creating a flexible program and learning environment that provides specialized instruction for students with disabilities, such that the students benefit from the general education curriculum to the greatest extent possible when supported with supplemental aides, accommodations, and other needed supports.This role demonstrates behaviors consistent with our Mission, Vision and Values, on behalf of Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana

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Her research interests include families of children with disabilities, self - determination of persons with disabilities, participative case study pedagogy and transformative learning.

The Arts Learning Community for Universal Access consists of arts organizations that collaborate to advocate for and improve access to the arts for people with disabilities.

Since 2015, the City of Raleigh Arts Commission and United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County have partnered to offer a yearlong arts learning community that uses a collaborative approach to advocating for and improving access to the arts for people with disabilities.

The Disability and Employment Community of Practice is an online learning destination for public workforce system staff and partners, jobseekers, community - based organizations, grantees, and the business sector, who provide services and programs to people with disabilities and / or other challenges to employment.