Hi, 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. |