Nnatasha Tracy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Specifically, I know that many disabled people think that no one would want them if they knew the real them. But do disabilities — bipolar disorder or otherwise — stand in the way of being desirable? But one thing I know is that many people think that no one would want them if they knew the real them.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 12, 2023

During July, communities celebrate Disability Pride by showcasing their contributions and advocating for their rights. The first Disability Pride celebration took place in 2015 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed on July 26, 1990.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

When speaking to Elaine James, her passion for upholding the rights of people with learning disabilities is almost infectious. This is also evident in her accomplishments as the head of service for learning disabilities and preparation for adulthood at Bradford council. Can you tell me about your work with Promote the Vote?

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Disability Social Worker Mental Health Communication 65

Community Care

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A review into the “complex and fragmented” social care legal framework for disabled children has opened. The DfE’s objectives for the review are: Resolving the patchwork of legislation that currently governs social care for disabled children.

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Disability Government Disorder Welfare 69

The New Social Worker

MAY 18, 2022

There are five things social workers can do today to be better intersectional practitioners in support of disabled people in the Asian American community. They center around the need for social workers to be reflective and reflexive practitioners.

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Community Care

APRIL 30, 2024

The government has proposed overhauling a key disability benefit in the face of its “spiralling” caseload and costs, in a move labelled “dangerous” and “reckless” by charities. It was introduced in 2013 to replace disability living allowance (DLA) for people of working age. What is PIP?

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The “door could be open to the abuse and neglect” of disabled children due to the government’s cost-driven decision to shelve a planned expansion of advocacy for the group. “Due to the extent of their disabilities and health needs, their cries for help can be easily dismissed when they are subjected to abuse.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

APRIL 6, 2023

Education Resource- International Perspectives of Disability video Here is a video from social work day prepared by various student/intern at the UN NY and participated in the Global Student Conference held on April 2, 2023. The video is about the different perspectives of disability around the world.

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Community Care

JUNE 13, 2024

A third of recent infant care cases involved parents with learning disabilities or difficulties, research has found. They also interviewed 42 social care professionals, 17 lawyers and four mothers with learning disabilities or learning difficulties who had experience of proceedings.

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Disability Interviewing Social Worker Communication 55

Community Care

APRIL 21, 2023

The ‘outdated’ legal framework on social care for disabled children in England will be reviewed with a view to making it fairer and more effective. To improve how the law on social care for disabled children fits in with the law relating to children’s social care more broadly.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The government has rejected an expert panel’s proposal to “severely curtail” the “inhumane” solitary confinement of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in mental health hospitals.

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Disability Hospitals Mental Health Rehabilitation 63

Community Care

JANUARY 8, 2024

Government safeguarding advisers have voiced their disappointment over ministers’ response to their recommendations to improve the safeguarding of disabled children in residential settings. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle. Accepted in principle.

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Disability Advocacy Government Consultation 54

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MAY 20, 2022

Your institution may already offer guidance or have policies established – please check with your administrators, online learning specialists, and offices of disability services. For example, consider inclement weather, disability services, information technology, and COVID policies. Who can help me with this plan?

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Associate Professor Shanna Kattari is the editor of “Exploring Sexuality and Disability: A Guide for Human Service Professionals,” published earlier this month.

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Disability Human Services 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The Hackneys and their lawyer suspect that the algorithm, and the humans who may be slavishly following it, discriminated against them because of disabilities. In this case, and at least two others, they are investigating whether, in Pittsburgh, humans and machines alike violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The self-reported rate of disability among care leavers is double that recorded by councils, research has found. Meanwhile, recorded disability rates among children in care and care leavers differ widely between local authorities, according to the report, published this week by Coram Voice.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

But discrimination against families with physical or mental disabilities gets far less attention, even though it is just as widespread. Robyn Powell of Stetson University College of Law has written: The disproportionate rate of child welfare system involvement in families headed by parents with disabilities is striking.

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My Brains Not Broken

OCTOBER 11, 2022

After doing some research, I found the following statistics from WHO : Mental health conditions now cause 1 in 5 years lived with disability. I like to use those opportunities to share statistics and resources related to mental health, but I don’t always look at things from a global perspective.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The government will review the local authority designated officer (LADO) role after an inquiry into the abuse of disabled children identified “major failings” in relation to the function. ” Urgent actions .

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Disability Schools Government Communication 57

Social Service Workforce

OCTOBER 25, 2023

by Lucy Marie Richardson*

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Nnatasha Tracy

DECEMBER 1, 2021

These kinds of hygiene tasks are just too hard for some people disabled with serious mental illnesses. Some people have come to me in confidence and said that they can't brush their teeth and it's causing major dental problems. Other people have said, in hushed tones, that they can't do their laundry so they don't leave their houses.

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Relias

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), achieving a sense of community and belonging can be difficult. Individuals living with IDD and other disabilities can find it hard to connect with their peers or wider community, as research suggests that they frequently feel cut off. Accessibility.

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Disability Human Services 97

National Casa Gal

MARCH 17, 2022

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. We need more volunteers like Anthony across the country to advocate for children with developmental disabilities. The post CASA/GAL volunteer advocates for teen with autism to achieve permanency appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Disability 97

Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental disabilities and birth defects that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. One: FASDs are a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities in the U.S.

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Disorder Social Worker Interventional Disability 107

Social Work Blog

JULY 1, 2024

As we described in our amicus brief in this case , which Justice Sotomayor drew on in her dissent, this will have devastating consequences on the large and growing number of Americans experiencing homelessness, including people with mental health disabilities.

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Mental Health Psychiatric Disability Interventional 104

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 25, 2022

Most institutions have a Center for Teaching and Learning, IT support services, an office of student disability services, and many other resources to support you as an adjunct instructor. Learn about the teaching resources available at the institution.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

Ives-Rublee is currently director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. She is a well-known advocate for disability justice and inclusion at nonprofit organizations and businesses in the United States. She earned her master’s in social work at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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National Casa Gal

MARCH 17, 2022

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. We need more volunteers like Anthony across the country to advocate for children with developmental disabilities. The post CASA volunteer advocates for teen with autism to achieve permanency appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Disability 90

Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

These vague, punitive, and intensely subjective laws have been vehicles for channeling students—disproportionately Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) students and students with disabilities – into the criminal system. That student was then arrested for speaking out against the officer’s misconduct.

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Schools Disability Disorder Social Worker 98

Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1992 after I faced disciplinary action while a graduate counseling student because I had disabling symptoms of psychosis. In 2016, I started receiving disability benefits for bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.

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Depression Disorder Mental Health Hospitals 111

Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As a member of the Fatal Five conditions, dehydration can affect those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) more than others. Though the solution to Ben’s problem was a unique one, dehydration is a common and dangerous problem for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

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Disability Communication Hospitals Interventional 21

Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

People with disabilities and their families suffer the most serious effects of staff turnover. Constant training of new workers interrupts the continuity of care that allows individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential. High turnover rates mean these individuals deal with a “revolving door” of care providers.

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Medicaid Advocacy Disability Human Services 105

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

APRIL 11, 2021

He has a particular interest in working with people with disabilities and is keen to develop his knowledge in this area and building a career in social work.

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University Disability Schools Social Worker 130

Community Care

JANUARY 14, 2024

Revised guidance on disabled children’s assessments The DfE has also strengthened guidance on the assessment of disabled children and their families after this was backed by two-thirds of respondents. The commission started its review in October 2023.

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Disability Consultation Social Worker Youth Worker 68

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 9, 2024

Citing an excellent report from the group Think of Us, the Senate report notes that “a child described being mocked by a staff member who said, “[t]hat’s why your mom didn’t want to keep you.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Disability 118

Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

How can you help your clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) combat constipation and the other Fatal Five conditions to achieve a better quality of life? For this reason, the nomenclature has changed to the Fatal Five. Providing support, companionship, and dedicated, compassionate care can go a long way.

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Disability Hospitals Interventional Human Services 98

Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In 1990, bipolar disorder statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO) have identified bipolar disorder as the sixth leading cause of disability-adjusted life years in the world among people aged 15 to 44 years. So bipolar patients – No, you are not alone! Myth Number 2: Drug abuse and Alcoholism is the cause of bipolar disorder.

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Disorder Depression Anxiety Disability 140