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What is one barrier to communication for people with communication disabilities?
What is one barrier to communication for people with communication disabilities?
Ignorance
What is one impact of communication barriers for people with communication disabilities?
What is one impact of communication barriers for people with communication disabilities?
Social Isolation
What is one common action that can contribute to the assumption of incompetence for people with communication disabilities?
What is one common action that can contribute to the assumption of incompetence for people with communication disabilities?
Deferring questions to an accompanying person.
What is one service that is often lacking for people with communication disabilities?
What is one service that is often lacking for people with communication disabilities?
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People with communication disabilities always have a lack of education or skills.
People with communication disabilities always have a lack of education or skills.
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What is one technology that can help overcome communication barriers for people with communication disabilities?
What is one technology that can help overcome communication barriers for people with communication disabilities?
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Communication is often viewed as a priority by service providers and the public.
Communication is often viewed as a priority by service providers and the public.
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What is one example of how service providers can be disrespectful to people with communication disabilities?
What is one example of how service providers can be disrespectful to people with communication disabilities?
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What is one example of how a lack of communication skills in service providers can lead to a negative impact on a person with a communication disability?
What is one example of how a lack of communication skills in service providers can lead to a negative impact on a person with a communication disability?
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What is one example of how a lack of information about communicating with individuals with communication disabilities can impact people with communication disabilities?
What is one example of how a lack of information about communicating with individuals with communication disabilities can impact people with communication disabilities?
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People with communication disabilities have a consistent and predictable communication style that is easy to understand.
People with communication disabilities have a consistent and predictable communication style that is easy to understand.
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What is one example of how a lack of access to communication services can impact individuals with communication disabilities?
What is one example of how a lack of access to communication services can impact individuals with communication disabilities?
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What is one example of how a lack of information and resources can impact individuals with communication disabilities?
What is one example of how a lack of information and resources can impact individuals with communication disabilities?
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People with communication disabilities are universally provided with equal access to public consultations and events.
People with communication disabilities are universally provided with equal access to public consultations and events.
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Study Notes
Communication Barriers
- Impact of Ineffective Communication: Social isolation, loss of autonomy, reduced access to services, reduced quality of services.
- Barriers: Life without communication is like being a wall in a room full of people. Disconnection from others, feeling like an inanimate object.
- People's Perspective: Difficulty making independent decisions, concerns about communication with lawyers, nurses, and doctors, difficulties in hospital settings.
- Examples: Inability to consent to medical procedures, difficulties with job interviews, social assistance struggles.
Increased Risk
- Abuse, Crimes, and Violence: Increased risk for abuse, crimes, and violation of human rights.
- Lack of Control: Lack of control and consent in major life decisions.
- Examples (Legal Cases): Individuals tried to report abuse to police; but were not considered a credible witness, medical procedures without consent, refused job interviews.
- Safety and Dignity: Compromised safety, loss of dignity.
Loss of Independent Living, Mental Health Issues, and Lack of Services
- Independent Living: Inability to live independently, living in long-term care facilities without telephones for calls for help are common problems.
- Mental Health: Mental health suffers if a child cannot communicate, frustration developing instead of clear communication.
- Services: Lack of clinical and device funding, communication isn't seen as a priority. Speech-language pathology services are lacking, leading to issues with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Long waiting times exist for AAC services.
Disrespectful Attitudes, Barriers, and Examples
- Disrespect: Ignoring person, deferring questions to others, speaking down to person, ignoring abilities, not treating individual as capable of making decisions.
- Examples: People perceived to be drunk, perceived as intellectually impaired. People refusing to listen or understand the message and use their language difficulties as a barrier.
- Assumptions of Incompetence: Attributing a lack of communication ability to their capabilities.
Generalization, Unfamiliarity, and Ignorance
- Generalization: Speaking loudly, slowly, and childishly to a person.
- Unfamiliarity: Avoiding interaction with someone due to fear of misunderstandings.
- Ignorance Not understanding the full ways communication disabilities impact people. (In different areas like speech, understanding, reading, writing; these are factors that greatly affect a person's independence).
Lack of Information, Communication Skills and Telephones
- Lack of Information: People need information to communicate using communication devices, learn about varied communication profiles, and requirements.
- Communication Skill Deficit: If service providers ignore the person's communication instructions, interaction isn't successful, communication is not achieved.
- Telephones/Technology Issues: Difficulties connecting to telephone services. Websites may not offer telephone or email contact options, wait times for responses are very long, agents lack skills. Communication assistance is not available.
Insufficient Time and Forming a Message
- Insufficient time: Lengthened communication times when using AAC methods.
- Tendency to be Dismissive: Some service providers 'pretend' to understand, ignore, or change topic of conversation.
Forms, Formats for Alternate Communications, and Information
- Formats: People with communication disabilities may want large print or electronic, screen readers for computers, use AAC devices.
- Alternate Signatures: People need flexibility with the ways of communicating in the forms, documents, etc.
- Additional Communication Issues: Difficulty reading materials, navigating websites and paperwork, not having all information in accessible formats.
Public Consultations, Meetings, and Events
- Barriers: People who are Deaf can be excluded from participating and accessing support in public settings.
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This quiz explores the impact of ineffective communication on individuals, including social isolation and difficulties in legal and medical settings. It also examines the increased risks of abuse and violation of rights due to communication barriers. Test your knowledge on these critical issues affecting autonomy and safety.
