Social Work 1022A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Begging, Deinstitutionalisation, Workhouse

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Dr.Carrie Smith

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## ch. 13 sw with persons with disabilities. Results from the interaction between persons with impairments, conditions, illnesses, and the environmental & attitudinal barriers they face. May be permanent, temporary, intermittent, or imputed. Include conditions that are physical, sensory, psychosocial, neurological, medical, or intellectual. *learning: becoming more aware, able to be diagnosed. 1 of every 7 canadians have a disability. All swers will work with someone who has, or someone with a family member who has a disability. Over the next 20 years, # of people with disabilities will rise. Higher % of women, indigenous population, older adults, rate of poverty. Disability social & legal category based on poor laws. Mid-19th century outdoor relief replaced by institutio(cid:374)s or (cid:862)i(cid:374)door relief(cid:863) 1960s & 1970s: disability rights movement (normalization: de-institutionalization (group homes, supported housing, parental care, independent living, assistant care) 1980s: move toward eliminating barriers to access (accommodation)