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2.  The history of people with disabilities  Dealing with stereotypes and assumptions – dispelling myths 2

3.  People with disabilities are all aggressive  People with disabilities are crazy  People with disabilities will hurt me  People with disabilities are sex maniacs  People with disabilities stupid/dumb  People with disabilities shouldn’t have sex or relationships  People with disabilities shouldn’t have children  People with disabilities can’t learn anything  People with disabilities can’t do anything for themselves  People with disabilities can’t have the same opportunities as us  People with disabilities all have mental health issues  People with disabilities should be locked up 3

4. Understanding how Disability Services are providing  Least restrictive environment principle  Understanding Policies and Law – Disability Services Standards  A person centred approach 4

5. Personal values and attitudes - What is your attitude to each of the following ideas?  Adults with disabilities having sex  People with a disability taking risks while playing sport such as going downhill, skiing or skydiving  People with mental illnesses (psychiatric disability) living in the community  Women with disabilities being sterilised so they cannot have babies  People with a genetic hereditary disability having children, where it may be passed on  Children with autism going to mainstream school 5

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7. CATEGORIES OF DISABILITIES  PHYSICAL  SENSORY  INTELLECTUAL – Learning/Developmental Delay/Behavioural  PSYCHIATRIC – Mental Health  Neurological  Genetic 7

8. VARIOUS DISABILITIES  Down Syndrome - Epilepsy  Autism/Aspergers - Sanfilippo Syndrome  Spina Bifita - Hearing Impairment  Prader Willi - Vision Impairment  Hydrocephalus - Speech Impairment  Cerebral Palsy - Mobility Issues  Fragile X - Dementia  Mental Health issues - Cystic Fibrosis 8

9.  Mobility issues  Chronic Fatigue  Arthritis  Spina Bifida  Multiple Sclerosis (MS)  Muscular Dystrophy (MD)  Cerebral Palsy (CP)  Cancer  Paralysis 9

10.  Hearing Impairment  Vision Impairment  Hypersensitivity to TOUCH  Hypersensitivity to SMELL.  Hypersensitivity to LIGHT  Hypersensitivity to SOUND 10

11.  ID Relates to: Intellectual Disability  IQ (Intelligence Quotient below70).  Mild ID is defined as IQ between 50-70  Moderate ID is defined as IQ between 35-50  Severe or Profound ID is defined as IQ between 20-35  These people learn at a slower rate than normal.  A significant limit in adaptive behaviors e.g.  Communication  Reading  Writing  Money concept 11

12.  Autism/Aspberger Syndrome  ADD  ADHD  Down Syndrome  Prader Willi  Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)  Dyslexia – (reading)  Dyspraxia – (writing)  Dysgraphia – (movement, coordination, motor skills) 12

13.  Depression  Schizophrenia  Bi-polar (previously know as Manic Depressive)  Anxiety  Stress Disorders (post traumatic stress disorder)  Phobias  Eating Disorders  Addictions  Dementia  Turette’s Disorder  Postpartum/Natal Depression  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 13

14.  Epilepsy  Turette’s Disorder  Parkinson’s disease  ADD/ADHD  Back Pain  Bell’s Palsy  Cerebral Palsy  Dementia  Dystonia  Sleep Apnoea  Fainting  Hydrocephalus 14

15. Cerebral spinal fluid collects in and around the Brain. The head enlarges. Pressure inside the head increases. It can cause vision problems. 15

16.  Down Syndrome  Fragile X  Haemophilia  Cystic Fibrosis  Prader Willi Syndrome  Triple X Syndrome  Otosclerosis 16