The Importance Of Inclusion, Equality And The Communication Access Rights Of A Person With Disabilities

Identify legislation and policies which are designed to promote the human rights,inclusion equal ife chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities

In the video “Inclusion, belonging, and the disability revolution” (TEDTalks, 2014), speaker Jennie Fenton opens with describing situations where people with disabilities are segregated and excluded from their communities, sent to live together away from society, or even treated as lesser humans. She then proceeds to introduce her family, including her six-year-old daughter that was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Jennie admits to previously having negative or frightened thoughts about having a child with a disability, but with her “seven realizations,” she learned that her daughter was merely on a different path than others, but that no one should ever feel broken or not a whole person (TEDTalks, 2014). After she explains that there are roughly one billion people with a disability throughout the world, Jennie states that she believes in possibility over disability. If a person’s

Outcome 1 Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights ind inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities

I can 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.

OUTCOME 1 Understand the legislation and policies that support the human rights and inclusion of individuals with learning disabilities.

Civil rights protect citizens from discrimination(Civil Rights for Kids Overview, 2017). Constitutional rights are now guaranteed for all U. S. citizens. Many of these rights were not available due to may setbacks. Race. color, owning of land, and other setbacks made is impossible to for many, until now. They provide the opportunity of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” (Declaration of Independence, 1776). They keep us protection from harm and give us rights many of us deserve as citizens. Free speech, baring arms, and the right to vote are all possible due to civil rights. It is because of people like Martin luther king Jr, Helen Keller, and Rosa Parks who made people aware of discrimination through activities like the March on Washington, Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Little Rock Nine. These people fought for many rights due to the discrimination they have faced for a long time. Race, color, the right to vote, and other things are the what these people fought for.

In todays world a disabled person must deal with issues in their day to day life that a “normal” person wouldn’t have to. The barriers people with disabilities face aren’t always simply physical obstacles such as needing a ramp to access a destination but also include other aspects such as communication and policy. The World Health Organization (2001) describe barriers as the following:

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is of the view anyone with or without a disability should be given the same rights. Human Rights are what it says that they are “universal and enjoyed by everyone”. (Hale 2014: p12). Needless to say many critics describe DoLS as “not fit for purpose” (Taylor 2012: p. 2). Bartlett (2014) raising a point the ECHR

When discussed what, it means to be a discriminated or oppressed as an individual, especially a person with an intellectual disability, we must first look at the terminology and how it will be relatable for their circumstances. For discrimination, it is described as people or groups of people, which include race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, who are and continued to be defined as “other,” when they are perceived through “dominant” group values. These groups are treated in exclusionary ways, and subjected to all kinds of social injustice and economic inequality, (Anderson & Collins, 2013). In other words, persons with intellectual disabilities tend to be treated less favorable, or not given

It is also important as it shows that the human rights of those who are disabled are protected not only under the convention, but also under Australian law.

Disability Inequality is an issue which society often ignores but is an alarming topic. People tend to assume they are ill-equipped mentally since they are disabled physically. It has immense effect on people with disabilities.

Employers will have to be required to give a legitimate and probable reason as to why they rejected that IDD person. If the reason is not justifiably adequate, then further investigation will be required to determine disability discrimination. If this requirement is installed then employers will have to eradicate false assumptions of IDD people and view them as an average person because they will no longer have the opportunity to give unsuitable reason to reject IDD

I was explained by a principal that in the GPISD students with a disability are not separated from other students, they share the same classroom with normal students. The only difference is that they receive help from an inclusion teacher certain hours a day. She explained to me that every student are treated the same, but students with a disability are getting a little more help than a regular student “an inclusion teacher comes to our classroom certain hours every day to work with the general teacher to help students with a leaning problem, this is a special education program where students qualify to receive services due to a learning disability that impedes his or her reading/writing growth. Students are able to receive direct instruction

The central value of equality focuses on the attainment of an inclusive society that enables people with disability to reach their potential as equal, active and participating citizens while promoting equality of opportunities, financial stability, accommodation, employment and social participation. As a result of the value of human equality, social inclusion emerged as an essential value across policies. Social inclusion is recognised across policies as a foundational belief that disabled individual are active, included and valued members of society, therefore strategies have been implemented to increase their involvement in society. For example a central vision of the NDS aims for “people with disability to live in accessible and well designed communities with opportunity

Over the years, perceptions towards disability have been significantly changing as result of the long pathway the disable community has taken fighting for Civil Rights, inclusion and against discrimination. Unfortunately, this last one has not been totally accomplished yet. Barriers to social integration still exist in the society. Perhaps the greatest barrier is not the disability itself; is the attitude of people.