MQF Level
5
Duration and Credits
Semester 2
4 ECTS
Mode of Study
Part-Time Day
This study-unit will introduce the students to the services available for disabled people both nationally and internationally. Traditionally the provision of services for disabled people was dominated by health and social care professionals found mainly within an institutional setting in the form of therapies and medical interventions. Otherwise, disabled people were dependent on their families. With the development of the Disabled People's Movement in the US and the UK in the 1960/70s, and the promotion of the concept of Independent Living, came the move towards deinstitutionalisation of disabled people towards living in the community. This encouraged the development of disability policies and services so that disabled people could access the same opportunities as other citizens within that community. Along the years disability activists have highlighted the need to promote services OF disabled people and not FOR them. As a result Centres for Independent Living (CILs) were developed as self-help organisations run and controlled completely by disabled people themselves. These Centres provided a new and innovative range of services and support designed to empower people with impairments to adopt a lifestyle of their own choosing within, rather than apart from, the local community. This meant that environmental and cultural changes had to happen to facilitate this independent living for disabled people no matter what their impairment was. Support services in the form of human (e.g. personal assistants) and non-human (e.g. assistive technology) support were (need to be) provided based on the 'needs for independent living' as identified by disabled people themselves. However, disabled people have to be empowered to be able to facilitate greater user involvement in the development and delivery of services. The importance of training of disabled people in this regard will also be highlighted.
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