Introductory Awareness Of Sensory Loss Argumentative

1. describes how a range of factors have a negative and positive impact on individuals with sensory loss. There are a number of factors that can impact individuals with sensory loss. People with sensory loss can miss out on important information that people without sensory loss take in day to day without even realising. Communication is an area in which people with sensory loss have many issues. they may also find it difficult to feed themselves, dressing, mobility, hobbies and interests can have a major negative impact on their lives. They could also feel scared and alone. There can also be positive factors that could impact on individuals lives, increased help, aids for support and a good support team could give them a better outlook on life.

2. Identify steps that can be taken to overcome factors that have a negative impact on individuals with sensory loss. People with sensory loss need to find other ways in which they can obtain information. “Makaton” and BSL can help people with hearing loss. Braille and voice activated technology can help people with sight loss. To assist the mobility of individuals with sensory loss, aids such as guide dogs, canes and carers are available and would make lives a lot easier.

3. Explain how individuals with sensory loss can be disabled by attitudes and beliefs? Attitudes and beliefs can impact individuals with sensory loss in quite a negative way because people in society can be very judgmental towards people with disabilities, and put them in a group of people with below average intelligence and assume they can’t do or think the same way as other people without disabilities can. People in society can also be very prejudice and ignorant and think they are better than people with sensory loss, also thinking it gives them the right to make fun at them and making life difficult in the process. Although not all people think the same way there are many other people in society that are very open towards individuals with disabilities and sensory loss and can be very helpful and kind, this can have a positive impact on people’s lives.

4. Identify steps that could be taken to overcome disabling attitudes and beliefs. The beliefs that you hold are either empowering, or, dis-empowering. Brainstorming all the thoughts that you feel are holding you back from achieve your goals. Set a Goal and prioritize what you want to archive first. Positive thinking and motivation is Key to overcome these attitudes and beliefs.

Outcome 2
1. Outline what needs to be considered when communicating individuals with Sight loss
Make an effort to avoid nonverbal responses, such as nods or headshakes. Remember that body language, like outstretched arms or facial expressions, may be un-seeable. Smiling when you talk is one exception to this rule; your relative may not see it, but it will come through when you speak. When you first approach a blind person, always say, “Hello,” followed by a reassuring pat on the arm or shoulder or a handshake. If it’s someone you don’t know, introduce yourself. Don’t be afraid to use common expressions like, “Nice to see you”; even blind people say it. Special writing aids help visually impaired people write in straight lines, while Braille and large-print and audio-cassette books help them read and write. Hearing loss

Think about how you pitch your voice and how fast you talk. Lower and slower will make you easier to hear and understand. It also helps to sit facing someone with impaired hearing; seeing your lips will make your words more understandable. Use body language and gestures to help get the point across. Learn sign language if your relative is deaf, or develop special signs between you. Properly fitted hearing aids can help your relative communicate better and live more independently, Deaf blindness

It may cause difficulties with communication, access to information and mobility. Deaf blind people may not be totally deaf or totally blind. It is important to remember that not all deaf blind people communicate in the same way. Deaf blind people use a range of methods to communicate

Deaf blind Manual Alphabet
British Sign Language
Hands-on-Signin

2. Describe how effective communication may have a positive impact on the lives of individuals with sensory loss.

this is about the person being respected as an individual, being treated like any other person, to promote their rights, eg, their right to have an interpreter at health appointments, not being patronised or discriminated against because of their disability, being treated with dignity, people taking the time to get to know them & use their preferred method of communication, how this would make the individual feel, eg. valued, increase their self-esteem, self-confidence, feel empowered, that they have something to offer their community & society, increase their social network & make new friends, open up new opportunities to them, open up their world, more opportunities, reduce their dependence on others so helping to increase their independence, reduce chances of abuse/being taken advanatge of, respecting their privacy & dignity, being able to express how they feel, their likes & dislikes, who they are, a sense of self-identity, can reduce possibility of challenging behaviour as able to express themselves, increases chances of other people being able to get to know them, form relationships, to be like everyone else.

3. Explain how information can be made accessible to individuals with sensory loss.