Annie in wonderland

Introduction: In the realm of caring for individuals with disabilities, striking a balance between the medical model and person-centered care is crucial. This holistic approach recognizes the multifaceted nature of human experience and aims to address the individual's unique needs while navigating behaviors of concern and challenging behaviors. In this blog post, we'll explore how the holistic model integrates both perspectives and offers comprehensive support for individuals with disabilities. Understanding the Medical Model vs. Person-Centered Care: The Medical Model: The medical model traditionally focuses on diagnosing and treating medical conditions or impairments. It views disability as a deficiency or deviation from the norm, often emphasizing medical interventions and symptom management. While this approach is valuable for addressing physical health concerns, it may overlook the broader psychosocial aspects of disability and the individual's preferences and autonomy

 This is the first thing we need to know is what is an ordinary life as we have content creators and YouTubers as a legitimate career option these days, we are also seeing that lives are mostly lived online and people who choose to on their weekends go hiking, canoeing or fishing are called extreme, I know that there is such a thing as extreme hiking where you go long distances with very little prep and the city version is to go urban exploring ( generally at night or in abandoned palaces to find interesting things. In Australia we don’t have much scope for extreme hiking due to the heat and cold but long distance is definitely a thing, but we then get to what is an ordinary life when it comes to disability and this is straight from the NDIS website, about life more ordinary,  and how they use it to decide support’s and this then goes into we need to know what is a disability. “An ordinary life is a life where you have the same opportunities as people without a disability. An ordin

  I am going to be doing a very deep dive hear but I know that people want to talk about the NDIS and what is wrong with it but we are getting side tracked by the fact that people who aren’t in disability circles or don’t know anyone who receives support, don’t know how complicated it is to get onto any type of care scheme that is offered in commonwealth countries, and even then the level of support you get can be questionable, and for me I present as very high functioning because I am until I get fatigued or tired and then I need to be able to ask for support and I have a very hard time doing this but this bring me to introducing what I am going to be talking about and it something that is very hard and complex to explain, that is restrictive   practices and in a very broad sense they can fall into two categories, Approved restrictive   practices and unapproved restrictive   practices,   these are practices that are generally outdated and as evident in the name used without approval f