by https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3 en-us 2015-09-29 09:13:50 UTC 2025-05-23 15:33:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/sticky.jpg Is cognitive disability the worst form of discrimination ? thomass8 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72630977 2015-09-29 09:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72630977 According to : https://www.mencap.org.uk/about-learning-disability/about-learning-disability/facts-about-learning-disability , they state that most people with a learning disability are treated as ‘different'. They do not have the same control over their own lives as the rest of our society and face challenges and prejudice every day. Less than 1 in 5 people with a learning disability work (compared with 1 in 2 disabled people generally), but we know that at least 65% of people with a learning disability want to work. Of those people with a learning disability that do work, most only work part time and are low paid. Just 1 in 3 people with a learning disability take part in some form of education or training. Children with a learning disability are often socially excluded and 8 out of 10 children with a learning disability are bullied. At least half of all adults with a learning disability live in the family home - meaning that many don't get the same chances as other people to gain independence, learn key skills and make choices about their own lives. thomass8 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72631190 2015-09-29 09:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72631190 When Mencap conducted a further research, they found that in 2000, 9 out of 10people with a learning disability had experienced bullying and abuse, withalmost half of people suffering verbal abuse and almost a quarter beingphysically assaulted. The vast majority of these instances of abuse werehappening in a public place, and as a society, we were looking the other way.  thomass8 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72631755 2015-09-29 09:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72631755 Check out this videos for further information on learning disabilities - -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGz2vjj9No  thomass8 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72631934 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN05UfmIAh4

]]> 2015-09-29 09:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72631934 In 2003 the Criminal Justice Act introduced disability hate crime into law. For the first time it was recognized that some people were committing crimes against disabled people due to prejudice and hostility, and that crimes such as this should receive harsher sentences. However this did not stop these crimes from happening, and in 2007 the tragic deaths of Francecca Hardwick, who had a learning disability, and her mother Fiona Pilkington hit the headlines.  After seven years of repeated harassment and abuse from neighbours, and complete inaction from the police and others who they called on for help, Fiona decided that ending her own life and that of her daughter was the only way to stop the torment. thomass8 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72632144 2015-09-29 09:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72632144 In 2011 Mencap launched the Stand By Me campaign to end disability hate crime, accompanied by a report which found that many police services across the UK had no hate crime structures in place and that victims felt ignored by the police. We called on police forces to take the police promise – a charter of 10 things they would do to improve how they tackled disability hate crime and served people with a learning disability. We later called on elected Police and Crime Commissioners to pledge their personal commitment to working with us to end disability hate crime. While there is still a very long way to go before we have stamped out disability hate crime, figures of recorded crimes show that police forces are getting a better grip on the problem and results from the Crime Survey of England and Wales show that the number of disability hate incidents has fallen considerably since 2007. thomass8 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72632666 2015-09-29 09:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72632666 A survey for Mencap found health professionals had witnessed discrimination by their colleagues, with patients suffering a lack of respect and dignity.   Overall 46% of doctors and 37% of nurses said they believed people with learning disabilities received poorer NHS care than other groups.   Almost half of doctors (45%) and a third of nurses (33%) personally witnessed a patient being neglected or suffering a lack of dignity on the NHS, or receiving poor quality care. Some 39% of doctors and 34% of nurses, from the poll of 1,084, said they thought patients suffered discrimination. willisc1 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72633364 2015-09-29 09:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72633364 The attitudes people have towards those of us with health problems mean it is harder for them to work, make friends and in short, live a normal life. Due to this; willisc1 https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72633803

  • People become isolated

  • They are excluded from everyday activities

  • It is harder to get or keep a job

  • People can be reluctant to seek help, which makes
    recovery slower and more difficult

  • Their physical health is affected


]]> 2015-09-29 09:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72633803 marsdent https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72634293 2015-09-29 09:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72634293 http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/your-stories/why-management-needs-mental-health-training/#.VglE0jah1kg  marsdent https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72634555 2015-09-29 09:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/thomass8/lynzfixf9fs3/wish/72634555