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By Brianna Karp

Brianna Karp entered the crew at age ten, aiding her mom and sister all through her teenager years in Southern California. even supposing her younger lifestyles used to be scarred by means of violence and abuse, Karp stayed curious about her dream of a gentle activity and a house of her personal. via age twenty-two her dream grew to become fact. Karp enjoyed her task as an government assistant and signed the rent on a tiny cottage close to the beach.
And then the nice Recession hit. Karp, like thousands of others, misplaced her task. within the six months among the day she used to be laid off and the day she used to be pressured out onto the road, Karp scrambled for temp paintings and filed thousands of task purposes, in basic terms to discover all doorways closed. while she inherited a thirty-foot go back and forth trailer after her father's suicide, Karp parked it in a Walmart parking zone and commenced to web publication approximately her look for paintings and a manner again.

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For many, the term 'learning disability' or its earlier form, 'mental handicap' (still in widespread use by the lay public), is the introduction to the complexities of a con- Page 13 dition, involvement and a relationship which may well continue for a lifetime. A grasp of what the term means requires considerable time and effort. What can be achieved? What exactly is it? How will it affect us? These are questions which parents usually ask before the task of being a carer is understood, and is yet to be experienced.

Needs raised by the families themselves lead to the formulation of concepts, which we think are necessary to guide practice. Conceptual Framework Our understanding of learning disability is informed by other people's experience, but this experience does not itself provide the necessary theoretical perspective to guide practitioners, who need concepts as well as tools to inform their practice. Our conceptual framework utilises empirical data, which together with a growing moral awareness of human rights, attempts to link needs to service provision.

Such delays are further barriers for the child when the carer attempts to access resources appropriate to age-related interests. These delays, too, add to the child's need for protection from harm. While the term 'learning disability' conveys the sense of impaired capacity to learn, the positive question of what learning Page 20 actually does take place must also be addressed. Some sense of 'feeblemindedness' and helplessness stemming from the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913 remains. This sense of perpetual dependency conveys the idea of 'forever children'.

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