CHCDIS007 Facilitate the empowerment of people with disability

Name: Puja Silwal

Task 1
Answer 1

In history disability people were ignored, not accepted by the society and mostly disable people were
hidden. For centuries, society treated these people as objects of fear and pity. The prevailing attitude was
that such individuals were incapable of participating in or contributing to society and that they must rely on
welfare or charitable organizations.

Answer 2

Social model: The social model disability is the modern view of person with disabilities. The social model
focuses on the strengths of individuals instead of their disabilities. Attention is given to lessening the
barriers between them and living their lives in the best way possible.

Medical model: The medical model of disability considered the person with a disability to be a problem they
were measured against a scale of what was known as normalcy. They were measured and considered only
for what the could not do as opposed to what they could do.

Answer 3

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the
United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Parties to the
Convention are required to promote, protect, and ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by persons with
disabilities and ensure that they enjoy full equality under the law. The Convention has served as the major
catalyst in the global movement from viewing persons with disabilities as objects of charity, medical
treatment and social protection towards viewing them as full and equal members of society, with human
rights. It is also the only UN human rights instrument with an explicit sustainable development dimension

Answer 4

Article 19 under the UNCRPD is the Living independently and being included in the community. States
Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the
community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full
enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community,
including by ensuring that:

a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with
whom they live on an equal basis with others and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement.

b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in-home, residential and other community support
services, including personal assistance necessary to support living and inclusion in the community, and to
prevent isolation or segregation from the community.

c) Community services and facilities for the general population are available on an equal basis to persons
with disabilities and are responsive to their needs.

Answer 5

 self-directed: Self-directed is a personality trait of self-determination, that is, the ability to regulate
and adapt behavior to the demands of a situation in order to achieve personally chosen goals and
values. It is one of the "character" dimensions in Cloninger's Temperament and Character
Inventory (TCI). Cloninger has described it as "willpower", defined as "a metaphorical abstract
concept to describe the extent to which a person identifies the imaginal self as an integrated,
purposeful whole individual, rather than a disorganized set of reactive impulses
 person centered: Person-centered is a set of approaches designed to assist someone to plan their
life and supports. It is used most often as a life planning model to enable individuals with
disabilities or otherwise requiring support to increase their personal self-determination and improve
their own independence.

 Strengths-based: Strength-based practice is a social work practice theory that emphasizes

people's self-determination and strengths. It is a philosophy and a way of viewing clients as
resourceful and resilient in the face of adversity. It is client-led, with a focus on future outcomes
 and strengths that people bring to a problem or crisis. When applied beyond the field of social
work, strength-based practice is also referred to as the "strength-based approach".

Human right approach: A human rights approach is about empowering people to know and claim their
rights and increasing the ability and accountability of individuals and institutions who are responsible for
respecting, protecting and fulfilling rights. This means giving people greater opportunities to participate in
shaping the decisions that impact on their human rights

Answer 6

The type of discrimination encountered by disabled people is not just a question of individual prejudice, it is
institutionalized in the very fabric of our society. Institutional discrimination is a complex form of
discrimination which operates throughout society and is supported by history and culture. Historically,
disabled people have been viewed with a variety of emotions including suspicion, ridicule and pity. Until
fairly recently they have been excluded almost completely from all aspects of community life. Our culture is
full of disablist language and imagery which keeps the traditional fears and prejudices which surround
impairment alive.

Institutional discrimination is evident when the policies and activities of all types of modern organizations
result in irregularity between disabled people and- nondisabled people. It is embedded in the excessive
paternalism of contemporary welfare systems and is apparent when they are ignoring or meeting
inadequately the needs of disabled people. It is also present when these agencies are regularly interfering
unnecessarily in the lives of disabled people in ways and or to an extent not experienced by non-disabled
people.

Answer 7

State or territory legislation:

 Involuntary sterilization, which is the state’s way of vulnerable people in our society.
 Many younger disabled people have been classified under the portfolio of aged care commissioner,
as there is no longer a disability commissioner.

Commonwealth legislation:

 Disability discrimination act 1992

 Human rights and equal opportunity commission act 1986.
 Answer 8
Six national standards that are apply to disability service providers are:

1. Rights: The service promotes individual rights to freedom of expression, self-determination and decision-
making and actively prevents abuse, harm, neglect and violence.

2. Participation and inclusion

The service works with individuals and families, friends and careers to promote opportunities for meaningful
participation and active inclusion in society.

3. Individual outcomes

Services and supports are assessed, planned, delivered and reviewed to build on individual strengths and
enable individuals to reach their goals.

4. Feedback and complaints

Regular feedback is sought and used to inform individual and organization-wide service reviews and
improvement.

5. Service access

The service manages the access, commencement and leaving of a service in a transparent, fair, equal and
responsive way.

6. Service management

The service has effective and accountable service management and leadership to maximize outcomes for
individuals.
Answer 9

Yes, the staff’s exercises their duty of care because Billy was supposed to examined for bedsores and
other lesions everyday while he was having bed sores from several days. It was negligence from co-
workers and should be reported to management.

Answer 10

Yes, Janessa’s employer breached her rights to privacy.

An employer's need for information should be balanced with an employee's right to privacy. For almost all
personal information — including pay and benefit records, formal and informal personnel files, video or
audio tapes, and records of web-browsing, electronic mail, and keystrokes — the following basic rules help
to establish and maintain that balance:

 The employer should say what personal information it collects from employees, why it collects it,
and what it does with it.
 Collection, use, or disclosure of personal information should normally be done only with an
employee's knowledge and consent.
 The employer should only collect personal information that's necessary for its stated purpose and
collect it by fair and lawful means.
 The employer should normally use or disclose personal information only for the purposes that it
collected it for and keep it only as long as it's needed for those purposes, unless it has the
employee's consent to do something else with it or is legally required to use or disclose it for other
purposes.
Answer 11

Trish should have provided Peta with prior to signing her up to participate in the trial:

1. Age
2. Sex
3. Weight and Height
4. Medical History
5. Medical diagnostics reports
6. Medical prescription reports
7. Current medical state
8. Allergic condition
9. current medical state
10. other critical medical condition
Answer 12
 This is good risk management strategy expect inclusion of park with the help of equipment like
wheelchair where he will feel comfortable and will enjoy his independence. Also, with the consult of
doctor’s ice-cream can be provided occasionally
Answer13

Staffs are getting affected due to Nigel dog which is health and safety concern, but management should try
to give them options before dismissal. This is not case of unfair dismissal but options like below should
have been provided before dismissal:

1. Work from home on alternate days

2. Few days with career

3. Few days with dog guide

4. Restricted area for dog guide in office

Ansswer14

The Code of Practice for the Prevention and Management of Occupational Violence in Disability Services,
2007, provides overall guidance on management of occupational violence but does not replace specific
policies and procedures on occupational violence. Where relevant these are referenced in the code.

The code primarily addresses occupational violence issues within disability accommodation, as this is the
highest exposure area (see Part 4). However much of the guidance is also relevant to areas such as
outreach and client services (see Part 5).

The code covers services managed by the Department of Human Services using directly employed staff of
the department.

The code covers the matters agreed to in the Health Services Union of Australia (HSUA) Department of
Human Services Disability Services Certified Agreement 2004, section 29.9: Occupational Assault.

Answer 15

The Child Protection Act 1999 (PDF) requires certain professionals, referred to as ‘mandatory reporters’, to
make a report to Child Safety, if they form a reasonable suspicion that a child has suffered, is suffering or is
at an unacceptable risk of suffering significant harm caused by physical or sexual abuse, and may not have
a parent able and willing to protect them.

Mandatory reporters should also report to Child Safety a reasonable suspicion that a child is in need of
protection caused by any other form of abuse or neglect.
Under the Child Protection Act 1999, mandatory reporters are:

 teachers
 doctors
 registered nurses
 police officers with child protection responsibilities
 a person performing a child advocate function under the Public Guardian Act 2014
 early childhood education and care professionals, from 1 July 2017
Answer 16

This is Professionalism misconduct from aged care worker. Professionalism conducts states:

 Act at all times professionally, ethically and honestly, and in the best interests and wellbeing of the
Better Caring community.
 Deliver reliable, high quality and personalized care, acting at all times in accordance with the
instructions, care plan and/or care goals of the Care Consumer.
 Be aware of the appropriate professional boundaries in providing care services to Care
Consumers, and act at all times to protect the boundaries of the professional relationship.
Example; The Care Worker cannot be a beneficiary of a Care Consumer’s will, nor engage in any
physical relationship with a Care Consumer, nor take unfair advantage of, or exploit any
relationship with, the Care Consumers in any way.
 Immediately report any form of abuse or neglect of a child, an elder or a person with a disability to
the relevant state authority.
Immediately report any accident or incident to the appropriate emergency service (e.g. Police, Fire,
Ambulance) and/or regulatory body (e.g. Health Care Complaints Commission, Department of Social
Services), that occurs during the provision of service. This includes and is not limited to; The Care
Worker, Care Consumer and or any person present during service

Answer 17

Caring for someone can be challenging, both emotionally and physically. It can also be a rewarding
experience. However, from time to time careers may need some extra help and support.

Example could include counselling or independent aged care advocacy for you as a career, or respite
services for the person you care for – which would allow you to take a break.

Answer 18
 What is the device? Google's Driverless Car

Who will benefit from using it? More than 1 million people died every year due to
road accident in world which can be saved by
using this card

How does it work? It works due to artificial indigence and sensor

which recognize traffic conditions and objects
around it

How is it empowering? It is not only empowering common people but also

blind and disable people who cannot drive by self.
It will give sense of independence to people with
disability.

Answer 19

a.
Yes No

Parkinson Disease N

Brain Injury following drug use Y

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Y

Motor vehicle accident causing brain injury Y

Stroke leading to paralysis Y

Huntington’s Disease N

b. Five symptoms are:

 Be unable to recognize subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that alter the meaning
of others' speech. So your child may not understand a joke or may take a sarcastic comment
literally. And his or her speech may be flat and hard to understand because it lacks tone, pitch, and
accent.
 Have a formal style of speaking that is advanced for his or her age. For example, the child may use
the word "beckon" instead of "call" or the word "return" instead of "come back."
  Talk a lot, usually about a favourite subject. One-sided conversations are common. Internal
thoughts are often verbalized.
 Avoid eye contact or stare at others.
 Be preoccupied with only one or few interests, which he or she may be very knowledgeable about.
Many children with Asperger's syndrome are overly interested in parts of a whole or in unusual
c. Three symptoms of dyslexia are:
 Difficulty reading, including reading aloud.
 Trouble understanding jokes or expression that have a meaning not easily understood from the
specific word’s (idioms), such as “piece of cake” meaning “easy.”
 Difficult with time management.
d.
Yes No

Stroke Y

ALS N

Drug abuse Y

Heart disease Y

Cystic fibrosis N

Type 2 diabetes Y

Answer 19 e

Yes, Jemima have indication of development delay because Jemima does not reach her developmental
milestones at the expected times. development delay is an ongoing major or minor delay in the process of
development. If your child is temporarily lagging behind, that is not called developmental delay. Delay can
occur in one or many areas—for example, gross or fine motor, language, social, or thinking skills.

Answer 19 f

Yes No

Cerebral palsy Y

Epilepsy Y
 Migraine Y

Multiple sclerosis N

Macular degeneration N

Tourette’s syndrome Y

Answer 19 g

Yes No

Down syndrome Y

Huntington’s disease Y

Migraine N

Meningitis N

Post-traumatic stress disorder Y

Autism Y

h. Causes of PTSD

 Stressful experiences, including the amount and severity of trauma you’re gone through in life.
 Inherited mental health risk, such as a family history of anxiety and depression.
 Inherited future of your personality often called your temperament.
 The way your brain regular the chemical and hormone your body releases in response to stress.

Symptoms of PTSD

 Reliving the event.

 Avoiding situation that remind you of the event.
 Feeling keyed up.
 Feeling bad about yourself or others.
i.

Dual sensory impairment (DSI) refers to the presence of both hearing loss and vision loss. The occurrence
of DSI is particularly prevalent among the aging population, with studies showing between 9% and 21% of
adults older than 70 years having some degree of DSI. Despite this, there is little direction regarding
recommended clinical practice and rehabilitation of individuals with DSI. It is assumed that the problems
encountered by individuals with DSI are considerably greater than the effects of vision impairment or
hearing impairment alone, because when these two sensory impairments are combined, the individual is
seriously deprived of compensatory strategies that make use of the non-impaired sense

j.

Condition Support Group

Genetic factors ACT Self-Help Organisations United Together (SHOUT)

Physical trauma Beyond Blue Forum

Psychological trauma The Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (ARC Vic)

Chronic lifestyle conditions Australian Chronic Pain Sufferers Facebook Group

Acquired brain injury Beyond Blue Forum

Tourette’s syndrome Tourette’s syndrome association of Australia Inc.

Research project

Disability 1: Cerebral palsy

Description: Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term that refers to a group of disorders affecting a person’s
ability to move. It is due to damage to the developing brain either during pregnancy or shortly after birth.
Cerebral palsy affects people in different ways and can affect body movement, muscle control, muscle
coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance.
Impairment: Cerebral Palsy affects muscles and a person’s ability to control them. Balance, posture, and
coordination can also be affected by Cerebral Palsy. it can affect arms, legs, and even the face; it can
affect one limb, several, or all.

Causes:

 child’s brain doesn’t develop properly during pregnancy.

 a baby is born prematurely, and the brain isn’t fully developed.
 a mother is exposed to certain viruses during pregnancy.
 a baby doesn’t get enough oxygen during birth.
a baby has a stroke during pregnancy or after birth.

Characteristics:

 It affects the whole-body movements.

 Brain is affected either during pregnancy or shortly after birth.
support services

The Cerebral Palsy Support Network (CPSN) is a not-for-profit organization providing information and
support services to people living with cerebral palsy and their families. We help empower individuals to lead
more independent lives and provide support in a variety of ways to their families.

Disability 2: Acquired brain injury Description:

Acquired brain injury (ABI) refers to any damage to the brain that occurred after birth. Common causes of
ABI include accidents, stroke, lack of oxygen and degenerative neurological disease

Impairment: An individual with an Acquired Brain Injury may display the following:

 Memory Impairments

 Difficulty with new learning

 Difficulty with attention and concentration

 Reduced speed and flexibility of thought processing

 Causes:
 alcohol or drugs – which can poison the brain.
 disease – such as AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease.
 lack of oxygen – called anoxic brain injury (for example, injury caused by a near drowning)
Characteristics
Physical:
Speech, Hearing, Paralysis, Headaches, Vision, Seizure Disorder, Muscle Spasticity, Reduced Endurance.
Cognitiveimpairments 
Concentration, Attention, Perceptions, Planning, Communication, Writing Skills, Short Term Memory, Long
Term Memory, Judgment, sequencing, Reading Skills, Orientation.
Behavioral/EmotionalChanges: 
Fatigue, Anxiety, Low Self-Esteem, Restlessness, Agitation, Mood Swings, Excessive Emotions,
Depression, Sexual Dysfunction, Lack of Motivation,
Support services
Each person who has experienced an acquired brain injury (ABI) is different. The brain is important when it
comes to who we are, what we feel and how we control our bodies, so there are a lot of things that can
change when our brains are injured. If you have a brain injury, you may have trouble remembering things
and concentrating on things, and it might be hard to talk to people or control your emotions.