Independent Living

Name of article: Call for Right to Independent Living
Goal: Independent Living

In this article, Jane Campbell from the Commission for Social Care Inspection comments “But when there are locks on the door and rules and regulations - that's when it contravenes your human rights, and your privacy, dignity and freedom." This implies that persons with disabilities are rather provided with bodily supports in institutionalized day care centers rather than providing them with an opportunity to live independently in the community. More so, the person who suffers the condition of a spinal injury in this article reiterates that his human rights are greatly discriminated. Government departments, educators and private institutions who offer support services to persons with disabilities, need to be very mindful about the type of support services given to persons with disabilities. In other words, the support services that they offer need to allow these persons to be able to do informed choices, thus giving them the opportunity to acquire independent living skills. On the other hand, it is just right for those persons with disabilities to start to struggle for legal rights when their human rights are being infringed upon. This will send a strong message to governments, the private sector and the community at large in accommodating persons with disabilities in the community.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3529473.stm

Name of article: Employment leads to Independent Living and Self Advocacy: A Compartive Study of Employed and Unemployed Persons with Cognitive Disabilities
Goal: Independent Living

Educational institutions, governments and educators should provide for training in advocacy and independent living for persons with learning disabilities in their curriculum. According to this study, it has been proven that given the opportunity and proper training, persons with mental retardation can earn and talk for themselves. More so, the opportunity to work in open employment conditions leads to self-independent living and self advocacy. In other words, allowing opportunities for persons with mental retardation to make decisions for themselves should be further developed if they are to be included successfully in the wider community. Both teachers and students would benefit from the ideas in this article since they would be able to train students with various degrees of mental retardation with the appropriate self-advocacy and self-independent skills from an early age: thus leading them to live a meaningful life in the world of work.
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