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1
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List 4 characteristics of a learning disability.

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1 - Starts before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development.

Significantly reduces the ability to:

2 - Understand new or complex information.

3 - Learn new skills.

4 - Cope independently.

2
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List 3 papers and initiatives that have changed the lives of disabled people.

For each, include a brief description of the paper.

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1 - Winterbourne review (investigation into mistreatment of patients at Winterbourne).

2 - Homes not hospitals (an initiative for improving healthcare services so that disabled people can live at home).

3 - Valuing people now (a government plan to improve all aspects of the lives of disabled people).

3
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List 4 laws that improve the lives of disabled people.

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1 - Equality Act 2010.

2 - Mental Capacity Act 2005.

3 - Autism Act 2010.

4 - Care Act 2014.

4
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List the aims of the Mental Capacity Act of 2005.

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1 - To empower and protect people who may not be able to make some decisions for themselves.

2 - To plan ahead in case they are unable to make important decisions for themselves in the future.

5
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What is the aim of the Autism Act of 2010?

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To to improve support and services for autistic people.

6
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What is the aim of the Care Act of 2014?

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To introduce new duties on local authorities to carry out Child’s Needs Assessments for young people where there is ‘likely to be a need for care and support’ after they reach 18.

7
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Define reasonable adjustment.

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Any person centred approach to meet a person’s’ needs.

8
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List 5 examples of reasonable adjustments.

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1 - Improved communication.

2 - Increased time for appointments.

3 - Appointment times at quieter times of the day.

9
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What is a hospital passport?

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A resource for autistic people that outlines important information for their care.

10
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List 3 communication aids for disabled people.

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1 - Pictures (e.g. PECS cards).

2 - Communication passports.

3 - Technology.