Tag: EmpoweringChoices
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Assistive Technology as Standard Practice: Rethinking Workplace Accessibility
Workplace accessibility is often viewed as a reactive adjustment made after an employee discloses a disability. However, many barriers are not caused by an individual’s abilities, but by how work is designed. In environments heavy on reading and writing, assistive technology isn’t just an accommodation. It is a standard productivity tool. Assistive Technology as a…
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July is Disability Pride Month
Despite being designated as Disability Pride Month, this observance is still relatively unknown to many employers. This may be because society as a whole has a long way to go in including disabled people in all aspects of life. Disability does not mean “less than,” but sadly, this is still the pervasive perception of disabled…
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Hearing loss and Stigma
Tips for getting hearing support sooner than later. Here we share some of the barriers and how to overcome them.
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Legislation is there for a reason!
The legislation is there for a reason. In this blog we share examples of where this has been ignored. Individuals living with disabilities do have right.
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The significance of “Empowering Choices” to Health and Social Care.
Empowering Choices workshops are very much needed. Through social media and recently on TV in panorama programmes we have been reminded yet again how many professionals in hospitals and care settings ignore essential legislation ( Mental Capacity Act, Care Act and Human Rights) that is there to protect us from abuses. To name just a…