A183 The impact of good social care support on independent living – a service user’s perspective

1. The Impact of Good Social
Care Support on
Independent Living: A
Service User Perspective
By Omar Haq
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2. Presentation Structure
 Models of Disability
 My Journey towards Independent
Living
 The impact of good social care
support on independent living- key
messages and implications
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3. Models of Disability
Medical model (AKA personal
tragedy model)-
The person is the problem
Social Model-
The problem is with the way
society is organised resulting in
physical environmental and
attitudinal barriers©

4. My Journey Towards
Independent Living:
Making the Pieces Fit
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5. The Impact of good Social Care
Support on Independent Living-
Key messages and Implications
Shift in thinking about benefits to
wider society
Inclusion vs Integration
Treat disabled people as
individuals
View disabled people as people who
can add value and not as scroungers
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6. Conclusion
We have looked at-
Models of Disability
My Journey towards Independent
Living
The impact of good social care
support on independent living- key
messages and implications
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7. Conclusion
We have looked at-
Models of Disability
My Journey towards Independent
Living
The impact of good social care
support on independent living- key
messages and implications
©