tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935886480955329612.post2797183212951217851..comments2023-11-03T20:50:32.076+11:00Comments on PIMDA: Profound Intellectual & Multiple Disability Australia: What is a profound intellectual and multiple disability?Sheridanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629253279544051200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935886480955329612.post-9817791621911595732008-11-19T17:46:00.000+11:002008-11-19T17:46:00.000+11:00Hi David,I understand your mixed feelings. I too h...Hi David,<BR/>I understand your mixed feelings. I too have struggled with this, but have come to a resolution that in order to advocate for improvements for a group an identity is needed. As you said, in your advocacy works the needs of this group was particularly attended to, but by not actually defining the group doesn't it make it harder to pin point.<BR/>I strongly believe an identity is necessary for pulling people from margins of invisibility.<BR/>(looking forward to chatting with you next week!)<BR/>sheriSheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629253279544051200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935886480955329612.post-55089253944413711482008-10-08T11:44:00.000+11:002008-10-08T11:44:00.000+11:00Sheridan I have mixed feelings on this. On teh one...Sheridan I have mixed feelings on this. On teh one hand I am concerned about the creation of yet another label that can be applied to people with disabilities that can potentially get in the way of them being seen as people first. Labels can also leade to professional bodies of knowledge expertise and specialisation which have not always assisted services and professional to respond well to human need. On the other had labels can be a way of drawing attention to the specific needs of a groupand in the current rights movement I do not think the interestes of this group have always been well served or even considered and I agree with your comments about advocacy although when I co-orindated a citizen advocacy program we made a point of targetting these type of people for advocates because they would not easily make connections and the citizen advocate was able to build an understanding over time. I can still recall a woman who was deaf, blind and intellectually disabled and her advocate was the only person who could fully understand her method of communication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com