CT279: Understanding Sensory Loss. 1, 1, There are a number of factors that can impact individuals with sensory loss, communication and awareness plays a big role in this, they may also find it difficult to feed themselves, dressing, mobility, hobbies and interests can have a major negative impact on their lives. They could also feel scared and alone. There can also be positive factors that could impact on individuals lives, increased help, aids for support and a good support team could give them a better outlook on life. 1, 2, Societal attitudes and beliefs can impact individuals with sensory loss in quite a negative way because people in society can be very judgmental towards people with disabilities, and put them in a group of people with below average intelligence and assume they can’t do or think the same way as other people without disabilities can.
the emotional effects may be low self esteem, lack of confidence, feeling unwanted, insecurity, becoming withdrawn, depression/stress, anxiety, sudden change in behaviour. The social effects may be isolation, lack of friends, becoming withdrawn, unrecognised as an individual, feel like a stranger and inability to build relationships.1.3 Promote equality and in diversity by assessing the individual needs. Also by gaining knowledge before working with the individual, and with the use of a pre assessment. This also
By assessing their needs accessing their needs and getting required information about their communication needs you can find out the best way to communicate with a certain individual. By not using the correct aids and equipment, such as hearing aids, can make individuals feel isolated or they may even hold back on communicating at all. 3. Analyse features of the environment that may help or hinder communication. Some features that will help or hinder communication are things like lighting, if the lighting is poor they may not be able to see sufficiently and may not understand you, whereas if it is good they will be able to see what is going on around them and also will be able to see what you are doing or saying.
If these codes of practice and legislations where not to be followed the consequences can be diverse. They can affect just one individual or can affect an entire team of social care workers. By not following the codes of practice and the legislation you could cause a service user to feel discriminated against which would have negative effects such as making them feel isolated or un-heard and could lead to more problems that would affect the people around them as well as the individual . By not using inclusive practice you may find that the S.U might be put in a situation in which they are not happy which could make them act out in a way that could affect their future and how other team members interact with them. For example by failing to us an inclusive practice with an service user by taking them to a public park, without first consulting or discussing this with the service user they could miss out on
If a member of the group fails to conform to the groups needs, he/she would lose credibility with the rest of the group. Conformity is a change in an individuals behaviour according to certain accepted standards within society as well as the influence of others whether this be a real or imaginary influence. There are 2 key concepts of conformity, acceptance or
This can cause some restrictions and inflexibility due to the individual in some cases not being able to fully comprehend the transcendence of traditional idea's, rules, pattern's, etc. 2. It is important to recognise that each person on the autistic spectrum condition has their own choices, preference's and individuality. This is important because although they are all on the same spectrum they are still people with their own abilities and strengths, etc and we should help them to express themselves and celebrate their differences otherwise there is a potential of there being a “lumped into the same pot” mentality and of stereotypes and prejudices being made. Autism can be considered a spectrum condition due to the range of functioning on the spectrum.
Sometimes it can cause a person to lose their sense of purpose in this world and forgetting that God put us all here for a reason. Some people also tend to believe that if you don’t fit in with society that you are not “normal”, the crazy thing is some people are built to not fit in, and we as people have to learn to accept that. Both of these stories ended in misfortune. The society that surrounds you can cause you to blind yourself with the need to fit in which can and will cause an identity issue, but we have to figure is do we have more Evil in us than
Prejudices and stereotyping can influence attitudinal barriers, for example, a disabled person in a work environment may be acted against by even the most well meaning of their colleagues, as they might feel pity or feel sorry for them, making a disabled person feel put down and inferior, meaning they don’t work up to their full potential and empower them to having full independence. A stereotype is based on an assumption that generalises a group of people as a whole, that they all have the same characteristics, as opposed to being individuals. This can influence attitudinal barriers because people may act towards certain people in a way that isn’t necessary and could be seen and offensive. The disabled may be discriminated against because people assume that they are unable to speak for themselves, taking away their right to speech. Geographical Barriers A geographical barrier is if a person lives in a rural area and is not able to drive, and there is no transport, preventing them from getting to the destination they need.
1.2 The potential effects of discrimination can be physical, emotional or a combination of both. Other possible effects could include: Feeling isolated, Low self esteem, depression, fear of rejection, stress and feeling withdrawn from society These effects not only affect the individual but they can also affect that individuals family and friends too. The individual’s family can become isolated from society because they are trying to protect their loved one and will often experience verbal abuse for having a family member that is some people see as ‘different’. 1.3 Inclusive practice promotes an individual’s right to access equal opportunities. Promoting an individual’s rights in this way supports diversity.
Why do people label and group other people? I think people label and group other people because they are discomfortable with themselves. People tend to speak negative of others to make themselves stand out and give other peoples a bad reputation. This help them feel better about themselves. Some people try to place other people in the same group as them even if wrong.