Hsc3 Ld201 Essay

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LD201 Understanding the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities People with a learning difficulty are more vulnerable than other people, they are affected my certain laws. The Disability Discrimination Act The Human Rights Act The Equality Act The Health & Social Care Act The Essential Standards The Mental Health Act Equality Opportunities Act There is not one law or act of parliaments which covers their situation, but they may be affected by laws concerning education, voting rights, ownership of property, guardianship, control of personal finances, and consent for sex in the UK. Specific legislation that affects people with learning disabilities includes The Disability Discrimination Act, Mental Health Act Community Care Act & the National Health Services Act. The law and policies help to ensure that any person with a disability receives fair treatment, is not judged or discriminated against because of their disability. It affects their day to day living by ensuring their voice is heard, ensuring they receive appropriate care. Ensuring they are allowed to make their own choices. That they are aware of their rights and entitlements (Benefits). Ensuring they are not discriminated against, and to protect them from harm, abuse and injustice. The word health organisation defines learning disabilities as ‘a state of arrested or incomplete development of the mind’. Somebody with a learning disability is also said to have ‘significant impairment of intellectual functioning’ and ‘significant impairment adaptive social functioning’. A learning disability happens when a person’s brain development is affected, either before they are born, during their birth or in early childhood. Several factors can affect brain development, The mother becoming ill during pregnancy Problems during the birth that stop
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