Ensure that all prison officers receive regular, gender and culturally sensitive, training on how to
interact with people with disabilities, in particular those with psychosocial or cognitive disabilities.
The findings, published in the latest issue of the journal Teaching of Psychology, indicate that students may not be learning valuable lessons about how to interact
with people with disabilities as they move throughout life, she said.
Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) provides a two year training program that places service
dogs with people with disabilities (other than blindness) free of charge.
This would only occur where, after
consultation with the person with a disability, requiring a support person is the only means to allow the person to be on the premises and at the same time fulfil the provider's obligation to protect the health and safety of the person with a disability and that of others (i.e., the health and safety risk can not be eliminated or reduced by other means); and
The authors» primary thesis is that ethical research practice requires rehabilitation and disability studies scholars to (a) adhere to the standards of conduct promulgated in the canons of ethics of such organizations as the American Psychological Association, the American Counseling Association, and the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association in all
interactions with people with disabilities and (b) maintain vigilance
Humanitarian actors should ensure, for instance, that specific consultation meetings are held
with persons with disabilities for the planning, implementation or evaluation stages of a given project.
In May 2012, the Russian government ratified the Convention of the
Rights with Persons with Disabilities to advocate for the equality of citizens regardless of physical or mental capacity.
At 10:30 a.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina will attend an event for «Just Say Hi,» a campaign to increase
engagement with people with disabilities, Beacon High School, 521 West 43rd St., Manhattan.
The legislation sets up a 24 hour hotline to report suspected abuse, and will prohibit any care giver convicted of abuse from ever working
with people with disabilities again.
Access for the ESA to be permitted into
housing with a person with a disability is defined under the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) code: It is a companion animal that a medical professional has determined provides a therapeutic benefit for an individual with a mental or psychiatric disability.
Dr. Hartley is knowledgeable about the profession and professional practice of rehabilitation counseling, and is deeply committed to defining and preparing rehabilitation counselors to work ethically and
effectively with persons with disabilities.
[2] Mainstream organizations are defined here as those working in different projects, without a focus on disability — as opposed to disability focused NGOs, which usually implement (or partner with local organizations for that purpose) different types of projects,
with persons with disabilities as their primary beneficiaries.