Not exact matches
Ableism — a set of practices and beliefs that assign inferior value (worth) to people
who have developmental, emotional, physical or
psychiatric disabilities...
MICA Housing - MICA — are Group Home and Treatment Apartment Programs capable of providing specialized staffing and services for consumers
who are diagnosed with an addictions disorder as well as a
psychiatric disability.
Limited to students with special needs, those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; cerebral palsy; Down syndrome; an intellectual
disability; muscular dystrophy; Phelan - McDermid syndrome; Prader - Willi syndrome; spina - bifida; Williams syndrome; identified as deaf, visually impaired, or having a traumatic brain injury defined by the State Board of Education; those
who are hospitalized or homebound with a medically diagnosed physical or
psychiatric condition for more than six months; or students age 3, 4, or 5
who are considered «high - risk» due to developmental delays
This is directly aimed at benefitting veterans and others in the
disability community
who rely on
psychiatric service dogs.
Examples of work or tasks include, but are not limited to, assisting individuals
who are blind or have low vision with navigation and other tasks, alerting individuals
who are deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, providing non-violent protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, assisting an individual during a seizure, alerting individuals to the presence of allergens, retrieving items such as medicine or the telephone, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to individuals with mobility
disabilities, and helping persons with
psychiatric and neurological
disabilities by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors.
In order for a customer to travel with an emotional support animal, the customer must provide to a Southwest Airlines employee current documentation (not more than one year old) on letterhead from a mental health professional or medical doctor
who is treating the customer's mental health - related
disability stating: The passenger has a mental or emotional
disability recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — Fourth Edition (DSM IV); the passenger needs the emotional support of
psychiatric service animal as an accommodation for air travel and / or for activity at the passenger's destination; the individual providing the assessment is a licensed mental health professional or medical doctor, and the passenger is under his or her professional care AND; the date and type of mental health professional's or medical doctor's license and the state or other jurisdiction in which it was issued.
You will then receive a Partner Application, to be filled out by you or an assistant at your direction, a Personal Reference form, to be completed by someone
who knows you well, and a Professional Recommendation Form, to be completed by your medical or
psychiatric professional that describes your
disability and recommends the use of a service dog or emotional support dog.
An emotional support animal provides companionship to someone
who has a
psychiatric disability or mental impairment.
They can be trained to work with people
who use power or manual wheelchairs, have balance issues, have various types of autism, need seizure alert or response, need to be alerted to other medical issues like low blood sugar, or have
psychiatric disabilities.
According to HealthCarePathway.com, a life care planner is a medical professional
who uses his or her knowledge, experience, and judgment to develop a comprehensive recovery plan for an individual
who has sustained catastrophic injury or has chronic health problems,
psychiatric conditions, neurological conditions, and other long - term
disabilities.
And last year, Costa —
who is considered both a leader and a role model in the
psychiatric community — was recognized for her work with an Access Award for
Disability Issues from the City of Toronto.
Unlike other service dogs (or assistance, support, or helper dogs),
who are trained to perform major everyday tasks for people with physical
disabilities,
psychiatric service dogs (PSDs) are individually trained to help people with emotional or
psychiatric disabilities including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, and severe depression.
It is virtually impossible to obtain long - term
disability coverage for people
who have any recent history of
psychiatric treatment, industry experts agree.
This presentation will summarize qualitative and quantitative findings from a new eight - year national study of young adults
who have a parent with a
disability, focusing on the subset of those young adults
who have a parent with a
psychiatric disability.
Individuals with
psychiatric disabilities often have a harder time than individuals
who do not experience symptoms of
psychiatric disabilities demonstrating positive contextual work behaviors.
«The Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid is committed to ensuring that individuals with severe
psychiatric disabilities, just like all residents of North Carolina, are able to benefit from the protections of the Fair Housing Act,» said Lauren Brasil, one of the attorneys at the Fair Housing Project
who represented the client.