Tag: Values
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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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Thriving Communities and Workplaces: The World Works Better With Us
July is Disability Pride Month. While it’s a time for celebration, for many employers and businesses, this observance is still relatively unknown. Why? Because as a society, we still have a long way to go. The pervasive perception is still too often that disability means “less than,” rather than seeing the immense value disabled individuals…
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Review and Reflections from ‘Travellers to Unimaginable Lands’
It’s lovely to be back after a short break over the Easter weekend. During this time I read a remarkable book, Travellers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper, that widened my perceptions of carers living with their loved ones who have dementia. It was timely too because of family experiences. The book has also influenced…
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Review of “Being Mortal”and Promoting Independence in Health and Social Care
This week we are exploring the topic of independence, one of our key values. The reason I am discussing this is because I’ve recently re-read the book Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. It is a very moving and uplifting book which shaped the way I worked in health and social care and how I think…
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Living 4 Moments Values are: Independence , Choice and Wellbeing.
What do these words mean to you? We ask because these are the values of Living 4 Moments. These values have been chosen because of personal and professional experiences of occasions and or venues that have denied them to me and to others. Living 4 Moments strives to change the persistent culture of paternalism and risk aversion.…