Spokz People Community | OrangeyCrow | Activity https://spokzpeople.org.uk/clp/member/orangeycrow/activity/ Activity feed for OrangeyCrow. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:26:37 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.4.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 155d0b483140d57b7a49682f1be27a32 OrangeyCrow started the topic Specific training for working with disability in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/specific-training-for-working-with-disability/ Sat, 13 May 2023 07:14:47 +0000 Having read the latest Therapy Today and the main article on ‘Reasonable Adjustment’ I wondered what others think about whether there should be training for those counsellors who want to work with the disabled? I was struck by the seeming fact that many/most qualified counsellors put in that they can and will work with the disabled and yet the…[Read more]

]]> 1f4be27482daae9c641a3751c5463aa7 OrangeyCrow replied to the topic Refusing/rejecting a client - when is it appropriate? in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/refusing-rejecting-a-client-when-is-it-appropriate/#post-5075 Sat, 29 Apr 2023 07:59:46 +0000 I suppose for me it raises the ethical framework factor of what might constitute harm? Not knowing is very often worse for the person unknowing than knowing what was the issue. A counsellor saying ‘I can’t handle your disability’ is at least honest. A counsellor might be expected to be honest/congruent? Perhaps the framework implies that we should…[Read more]

]]> b8ede3eab6010589cf667ef43f00ca5a OrangeyCrow started the topic Refusing/rejecting a client - when is it appropriate? in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/refusing-rejecting-a-client-when-is-it-appropriate/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:40:38 +0000 In an article (Therapy Today, September 2019, Volume 30 Issue 7) ‘Dilemma: Disabled access’ the author discusses an email in which a disabled client was refused/rejected by various counsellors (8 in fact) on the basis of the client’s disability. Since the BACP’s framework suggests counsellors ‘show respect by:
– valuing each client as a unique…[Read more]

]]> 980e99df92264a63e8a9e1f8cafe561d OrangeyCrow started the topic Reasonable Adjustment in the forum General Disability Questions (Pros) https://spokzpeople.org.uk/forum/topic/reasonable-adjustment/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:40:26 +0000 Hi All,

In the Equality Act 2010 it uses the phrase ‘reasonable adjustment’ for organisations or individuals to consider in making access open to all by reasonably adjusting their buildings. It appears to me to be negatively biased against potential users and causing a power imbalance against any user. What do others think about this?

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