Introduction
The Disability Act 2005 defines disability in relation to a person entails a restriction in the capacity of a person to undertake a profession, business or occupation in the state or to engage in social or cultural life because of physical, sensory, mental health or intellectual impairment (National Disability Authority, 2014). To further elaborate intellectual disability is described as a disability identified by vital limitations both in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behaviour, which covers a variety of everyday social and practical skills (AAIDD, 2013).
Government policies have led to recent reports such as “Time to Move on from Congregated Settings – A Strategy for Community Inclusion” (June 2011) and the “Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability …show more content…
This is accomplished through education with support from family and staff. It is important for people with ID to experience every day normal events that other people may take for granted (Doody 2016).
Service users should have access to education and training and should be facilitated and supported to reach their full potential in both these areas. Each individual with help should be encouraged to work out a structure in their daily life that best reflects their goals and needs and should be supported in achieving best outcomes for each person. Everyone in life needs to have a purpose, service users should be engaged in meaningful activities that they like to do in their workplace.
This also means providing opportunities for social inclusion. Religious and cultural beliefs of each service user must be respected and the service user encouraged to partake in religious feast days and activities that they believe in. Each person should be afforded opportunities for leisure time and travel if they so wish.
The Disability Act 2005 defines disability in relation to a person entails a restriction in the capacity of a person to undertake a profession, business or occupation in the state or to engage in social or cultural life because of physical, sensory, mental health or intellectual impairment (National Disability Authority, 2014). To further elaborate intellectual disability is described as a disability identified by vital limitations both in intellectual functioning (reasoning, learning, problem solving) and in adaptive behaviour, which covers a variety of everyday social and practical skills (AAIDD, 2013).
Government policies have led to recent reports such as “Time to Move on from Congregated Settings – A Strategy for Community Inclusion” (June 2011) and the “Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability …show more content…
This is accomplished through education with support from family and staff. It is important for people with ID to experience every day normal events that other people may take for granted (Doody 2016).
Service users should have access to education and training and should be facilitated and supported to reach their full potential in both these areas. Each individual with help should be encouraged to work out a structure in their daily life that best reflects their goals and needs and should be supported in achieving best outcomes for each person. Everyone in life needs to have a purpose, service users should be engaged in meaningful activities that they like to do in their workplace.
This also means providing opportunities for social inclusion. Religious and cultural beliefs of each service user must be respected and the service user encouraged to partake in religious feast days and activities that they believe in. Each person should be afforded opportunities for leisure time and travel if they so wish.