Additional Needs of Individuals

Patients   with multiple conditions and/or disabilities have two or more disabling conditions that affect learning or other important life functions. These can include:

Disability- many people suffer from discrimination when they have a disability. This is because they are different from others and can not physically do the things others can. This leaves them left out, not been able to socialize and feeling upset. For example if there was a man in a wheel chair in an office with his work colleges and everyone ignored him because he was different this would be discrimination.

Having a physical disability may effect a persons ability to work and therefore they would need income support and “out

Merit One (M1): Assess barriers which may be experienced by individuals with additional needs, with reference to models of disability

Restricted opportunities – These are people who feel like they can’t do certain jobs. E.g. a person abseiling in a wheel chair. A person with restricted opportunities could be someone with speech difficulties they could go for job interviews and because they communication skills are poor they never get a job this could lead to them feeling depressed because they have not got a lot of money to live on this could also led to feeling rejected so they may lose the will to carry on looking for a job. They will have low self-esteem and low self-identity and could impact on their relationships because they won’t have the confidence to make friends and they could lock there selves away and become isolated because they fell they don’t fit in to society.

The social model of disability which views discrimination and prejudice as being embedded in today’s society, their attitudes and their surrounding environment.

This wasn't always easy since many employers don't always hire disabled individuals or know how to act around them. I believe that all disabled people struggle with this kind of discrimination however the obstacles or disabilities people face vary. Disabilities can be caused by genetics, chemical imbalances, traumas, or accidents. They can challenge learning, senses, mental health, or physical abilities. Another example in the reading was the story of Edward Murphy.

The Human Resources Department is a critical component in the health care workforce. They are in many ways the backbone of an organization as they handle a variety of issue that employee have. Some of the most complicated issues that Human Resources has to deal with is disability discrimination. The reason this subject is very difficult is because of the acts that protect the disabled from discrimination. First there is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the second is the Americans with Disabilities Act. These acts cast a wide shadow over what is discrimination and what is not, but not every situation can be visibly seen as discrimination or not as there are many other factors that come into play. The Human Resources department not only has to deal with issue of internal discrimination but also discrimination in hiring practices. This department has to be knowledgeable enough to distinguish what is discrimination and what is not and help to make proper decisions that are best for the employee or job applicant and the employer.

People with disabilities struggle to find employment opportunities and retain positions. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor statistics reported that 17.5% of people with disabilities were employed. This is much lower than the 65% of people without a disability (BLS, 2016). People with disabilities may struggle to find employment due to limited training and educational opportunities and restrictions on mobility. They encounter negative stigma from employers and peers who may feel that modifications will be needed to assist limitations (Elliot & Leung, 2004). Employment is a basic right for every citizen and is important for many reasons. Employment improves people’s physical and mental well-being (Kessler et al., 1987; Moser

    A person with a disability, or handicap, can be defined as someone with a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial or long-term adverse affect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities (Employment 2). Handicap workers face many challenges in the work place that the average person overlooks. Also, many special arrangements and alterations have been made to the workplace for people with handicaps. Accessibility, transportation, workload, and salary are just some of the many issues that must be considered with the prospect of employing the handicap.

Hereditary diseases are disorders or diseases that are inherited genetically. They are also known as genetic disorders or inherited diseases and may be passed on within the family if there is a mutant gene present. For example, Down syndrome. This disease is also known as Trisomy 21 and it is caused by inheritance of an extra chromosome 21. This condition causes delay in mental and physical development of a child. This genetic disorder is rare and may be detected before a child is born.

The most common legal issue facing disabled people like the inability to access required services. Some of these challenges they face are occupational and speech therapies, agencies for health insurance and regional centers. The enactment of the act of equality when it comes to access to services has improved the condition as today there is access to all government services (Block, 2016).

be protected by the A.D.A. this person must have a long standing record of this

A disability is a disorder or function refereed to being considerably impaired comparative to the normal standards of a singular person or crowd. The word is used to speak of a single function, as well as bodily deficiency, sensory deficiency, mental deficiency, knowledgeable damage, intellectual disease, and other numerous categories of this prolonged illness.

A special need is usually defined as mental, emotional, or physical problem in a person that requires special settings (merriam-webster.com, 2015). Although many people believe that a person with special needs can’t reach many achievements in their life, many have proved the opposite by giving us great examples in following their ambition like Helen Keller and Stephen Hawking. Both of them are special needs however Helen Keller was a deaf blind educator, journalist and the co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union whereas Hawking is a Physicist and Scientist known for his work regarding black holes and for authoring several popular science books who is also suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (TheBiography.com, 2015).