Lantern-Petris Short act The Lantern-Petris Short (LPS) act is a California Affair that gives directions and guidelines on how to deal with involuntary civil commitments of people to organizations or institutions famous in mental health. An act is a combination of rules that have been passed by the Parliament (Zeng, 2014). The procedure is always that a bill is first proposed by members of the parliament in which it is discussed and debated upon which it may be considered as an Act or nullified. The LPS was brought on board by prominent people in the government of California states.
Ontario (Disability Support Program) v. Tranchemontagne, 2010 ONCA 593: Case analysis Introduction In a unanimous and significant ruling on a human rights issue, in 2010 the Court of Appeal for Ontario has held that denying disability benefits to those who are severely disabled by alcoholism or drug addiction is discriminatory and violated the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Court of Appeal affirmed a Divisional Court ruling that the prohibition of benefits to those disabled due to addiction according to the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, is a case of discriminatory legislation1. According to the Court of Appeal the respondent or Director of Disability Support Program was needed to show that the distinction between the disabled did
The mandates treatment consists of adherence to medications, attendance at treatment groups, reporting to a probation office, having firearm restrictions and abiding by them, and absolute abstinence from all drugs and alcohol (Vitacco 1). This mandated treatment is put in place to reduce the risk of patients being violent again and “general recidivism” (Vitacco 1). If the patient fails to be apart of the mandated treatment then he or she will be revoked of their conditional release and be returned to hospitalization and receive mandatory treatment there. In a 2005 case, State v. Klein, the Washington Supreme Court ruled “diagnoses of polysubstance dependence and personality disorder met the definition of a mental disorder for the purpose of continued confinement of an insanity acquittee” (Vitacco 2). The Georgia Supreme Court also agreed on the same ruling in Dupree vs. Shwarzkoph in 2011.
In "On Being a Cripple", Nancy Maris focuses on how her life changed after she became a "cripple", and how society sees people with a disabilities. She starts out by explaining why she calls herself a "cripple", because she believes that it gives the best definition that best describes her. It also gives her confidence, and empowers her to face the hand that she was dealt, with “swagger”(29). She shares some of the hardships that she endured after she found out that she had multiple sclerosis. She mentions that her family has been a big part of her life, the support that she gets helps her get thought the day “Fatigued and infuriated, I bellow, I’m so sick of being crippled!
“The fact is most of us move in and out of disability in our lifetime, whether we do so through illness, an injury or merely the process of aging,” stated Thomson in the article Becoming Disabled which had its first sentence indicating a crazy fact about how Roughly one in five Americans lives with a disability. Which I thought was insane because a majority of the time when someone thinks of a disability you just think of physical, you don’t necessarily think of someone who is aging. It was cool to realize that the tables turn consistently, so don’t just look at someone with a disability differently, because at one point it might just happen to be you. I just loved how he said, “Becoming disabled demands learning how to live effectively as a person with disabilities, not just living as a disabled person trying to become nondisabled.”
Like many mentally ill Kentuckians, Morton was neither dangerous enough to be kept in a hospital for long nor healthy enough to care for himself in the community. If successful, House Bill 94 would "keep people out of the revolving door of the hospital," Sheila Schuster of the Kentucky Mental Health Coalition told the committee. Most states have adopted some version of "assisted outpatient treatment" since the 1980s, when families of the mentally ill began to lobby for it. Police or family members can have the mentally ill involuntarily committed to a hospital for treatment once they deteriorate to the point that they pose a threat to themselves or others. First, at a hearing, a judge would decide if the individual met various criteria, including having a severe mental illness, symptoms of anosognosia, a likelihood that he would be a danger to others and a determination that outpatient treatment was the least restrictive alternative available.
Jaziah Shipp “Disabilities” I have experienced being under many labels. With all of these labels the excruciating painful times were harder when I was just finding out that I was adopted wondering “do my birth parents even love me”, “who is my real parent”, and “why didn’t she want me”. When I was in elementary school I was labeled with a speech disability. School became a big issue in my life. I was so hurt when I had to present in front of the class.
The front line of that process is the police, who frequently determine whether someone will enter the mental health system or the criminal justice system. Even police who are equipped and inclined to recognize mental illness and respond appropriately, however, find themselves constrained to redirect the mentally ill into the criminal justice system because of a lack of alternatives. The local law enforcement can redirect non-violent mentally ill in crisis to the clinic for assessment and assistance instead of
1.1 Describe the causes and effects of complex disabilities and conditions. Mental health issues ranging from the doubts and uncertainties have become a part of daily routine, towards serious long term situation which can be very complex for managing and having a diversifying impact on the overall live of the people. The usual child health leads to contribute towards overall development (Watson & Le Couteur, 2011). Therefore it is important to take special care of people with complex disability as they turn out to be sensitive enough about the situation and environment they are living in.
A police officer is required to handle the situation with discretion by all means, but there might be times in which that could not be the best source. A police officer needs to quickly observe the mentality of the detainee because he or she may have mental issues. According to the article Police discretion and encounters with people experiencing mental illness it is stated that, “Mental health legislation in most jurisdictions outlines the responsibility of the police regarding the protection of people who are a threat to themselves or others. It has long been recognized, however, that these laws represent a framework that can be difficult to apply in specific situations (Godfredson, Ogloff, Thomas & Luebbers, 2015, Pg. 1393).” These are situations in which the officer needs to take a different choice in order to take over of the situation.
The social and medical models of disability. Introduction. "The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised. The medical model of disability says people are disabled by their merriments or differences "(Scope, nd).The social and medical model both have very different views on working with people with disabilities and it seems as thought the majority of people would agree with the social model .In
Another possible economic solution for the stagnating population is limiting disability. Different from pensions, health spending doesn’t necessarily increase with the extension of life. In reality it depends on whether or not morbidity and mortality decline at the same time. Healthier people need less medical attention so the raise in costs will be muted. There will be a stronger demand for life-extending technologies leading to pressure to support these interventions financially at the expense of lower morbidity; this is defined as disability spending.
In this report I will discuss both the Social and Medical Models, define their pros and cons and give a short reflection on my own opinion of the two models in everyday use today. Both the medical and the social models of disability describe how they see disability and how they feel disabilities and those suffering should be treated. Both models have very different views on the causes of, how disabilities should be taken care of and by whom and both have their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to caring for those with disabilities. Medical Model
Wheelchair prevalence could be linked to the role they play in alleviating mobility restrictions over short distances. According to the South African profile report of persons with disability \citep{StatisticsSouthAfrica2014}, 2.3\% ($\approx 1.2$ million) of the total South African population ($\approx 52$ million) depend on the wheelchair. Moreover, the percentage of people in need of wheelchairs could be much higher in other underdeveloped countries because diseases responsible for mobility impairments like cerebral palsy can be associated with lower socio-economic status \citep{Sundrum2005}. While this may seem to represent a marginal portion of the population, it may not be possible to over emphasise the important sense of independence and self-esteem, that users with debilitating impairments experience with wheelchairs. It may be noted in the absence the wheelchairs and other mobility aids, that ambulatory impairments may result extreme emotional loss, neglect, stress and even isolation \citep{Finlayson2003}.
Disabled people are people who have mental or physical limitation so they depend on someone to support them in doing their daily life needs and jobs. Although disabled people are a minority and they are normally ignored, they are still a part of the society. The statistics show that the proportion of disabled people in the world rose from 10 percent in the seventies of the last century to 15 percent so far. The number of handicapped exceeds a billion people all over the world, occupied about 15 percent of the world's population, as a result of an aging population and the increase in chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, blood and psychological diseases that are related with disabilities and impairments. Every five seconds someone
