Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ontario Human Rights Code, Mental Disorder, Deinstitutionalisation

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Meg Lewis

Document Summary

Social work with people who are differently abled. Students will be able to critically examine the current discourse surrounding persons with disabilities and connect these to circumstanced and life experiences of those who are differently abled. Students will be able to describe the role of social workers in working with those who are differently abled. Hearing, seeing, speech, mobility, agility, pain, *learning, memory, developmental, psychological. Hearing, seeing, speech, mobility, dexterity, learning, developmental delay, developmental disability/disorder, psychological, *chronic condition. According to the ontario human rights code a disability includes: Any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement. An injury for which benefits were claimed under the workplace safety and insurance act. All social workers will work with someone who has or someone with a family member who has a disability. Over the next 20 years as people age the number of people with disabilities will rise. Brain injuries, mental health, medical conditions, learning disabilities, vision and hearing.