Ld201 Essay

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Understanding the Context of Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities LD 201 1.1 I will identify the polices and legislation designed to promote inclusion, human rights of individuals with learning disabilities and of their citizenship and equal life chances i.e. National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; Disability Discrimination Act 2005; Equality Act 2010; Disability Equality Duty 2006. Procedures and Polices of the organisational kind are; Department of Health 2001a (A new strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century i.e. valuing people. 1.2 The influence that legislation and policies have on the day-to-day experiences of an individual with a learning disability and of their families is as follows i.e. covert discrimination; overt discrimination; harassment; rights; labelling; vulnerability; stereotyping; inclusion; prejudice; empowerment; abuse; opportunity and equality. 2.1 The meaning of learning disability means i.e. ‘an incomplete or state of arrested development of the mind’, an individual with a learning disability will have significant impairment of intellectual function/social and adaptive. Stages of learning disability can range from mild, moderate, severe and profound. 2.2 I will give various examples and causes of learning disabilities i.e. unknown factors; environmental; before, during and after birth; chromosomal and genetic factors. Others include being intellectually impaired i.e. dysgraphia; visual processing disorder; dyscalculia; early onset; dyslexia; social or adaptive dysfunction. 2.3 Social and medical model of responsibility are as follows i.e. person-centred approach; medical; inclusivity; community integration and social. 2.4 Approximately 5% of all public school students are identified as having a learning disability this is not a single disorder, but includes disabilities in any of
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