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End the Awkward

Anil A - Mod

Hello all

 

Thought I'd bring Scope's new End the Awkward campaign to your attention. It's a new campaign that revolves around the awkwardness some people have around disability and that it's probably ignorance.

 

They'd love to include some ASD perspectives, if you're happy to share any experiences. 

 

www.scope.org.uk/awkward

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  • That may reflect attitudes in the health profession. So often I encounter a know-it-all attitude, and that they've nothing to learn from anyone else, especially not patients.

    An illustration of this mind-state is the attitude to cleaning staff in hospitals. People who clean are probably closer to and more likely to be aware of health hazards, contamination risks, health & safety issues, cost savings. But the attitude to cleaners in hospitals by hospital management is patronising and degrading.

    There seems to be something fundamentally wrong with the training of health professionals, and it needs to be tackled at a fundamental level.

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  • That may reflect attitudes in the health profession. So often I encounter a know-it-all attitude, and that they've nothing to learn from anyone else, especially not patients.

    An illustration of this mind-state is the attitude to cleaning staff in hospitals. People who clean are probably closer to and more likely to be aware of health hazards, contamination risks, health & safety issues, cost savings. But the attitude to cleaners in hospitals by hospital management is patronising and degrading.

    There seems to be something fundamentally wrong with the training of health professionals, and it needs to be tackled at a fundamental level.

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