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The article presents information on the 2008 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD) which highlights the global split between the public in support of the human rights for individuals with disabilities and castigating of such individuals in their daily lives. It exemplifies the scope and magnitude of the discrimination. It […]
…Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the developmental prognostic significance of early clinical indicators in abusive head trauma.; Methods: Seventy-one children were diagnosed with abusive head trauma and followed in a post-injury growth and development clinic. A retrospective chart review was completed to gather clinical features at the time of injury, including […]
…The article presents information on the growing number of cases of physical and mental trauma caused to the schoolchildren of the U.S. due to the use of injurious restraint and seclusion. It informs about the regulations that have been proposed for excluding restraint and seclusion from the Individualized Education Programs (IEP) of students with disabilities. […]
…Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders reached a deal Sunday night to create a new state agency to police abuse and neglect of more than one million New Yorkers with developmental disabilities, mental illnesses and other conditions that put them at risk, state officials said Sunday. The governor also agreed to take some steps […]
…ALBANY — With just seven weeks to go in the legislative session, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Monday that he was determined to win passage of legislation overhauling the state’s response to the abuse and neglect of vulnerable residents. There was reason for him to be both optimistic and cautious. The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, […]
…ALBANY — Nearly 300,000 disabled and mentally ill New Yorkers face a ”needless risk of harm” because of conflicting regulations, a lack of oversight and even disagreements over what constitutes abuse, according to a draft state report obtained by The New York Times. In 2010, the number of abuse accusations at large institutions overseen by […]
…Generations previously published an article describing the recent phenomenon of criminalizing elder abuse and neglect. Obstacles and knowledge gaps which made effective intervention by professionals and agencies problematic were highlighted, and several promising approaches and practices were described. This article discusses what has occurred in the intervening years and identifies challenges to future efforts to […]
…Background: This research describes issues related to human rights as they arose within the everyday lives of people in nine personal support networks that included adult Australians with an intellectual disability (ID). Method: The research was part of a wider 3-year ethnographic study of nine personal support networks. A major criterion for recruitment was that […]
…Sapphire’s novel Push (1996) and Lee Daniels’s film Precious (2009) provide multiple and intersecting representations of race, gender, and class, which have been recognized and analyzed by film critics and academics. The representations of disability in the novel and film, however, have rarely been connected to these categories of identity (or oppression). Because disability–“obesity,” Down […]
…Older people with learning disabilities may be viewed as potentially vulnerable and therefore in need of safeguarding. Advocacy should be part of the safeguarding process and is useful to ensure the views of older people with learning disabilities are communicated. The role of nurses in advocating for individuals in their care has been made clear […]
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