Challenges of People with Disability

You need to choose one case study of a person with a disability from the following list and consider what it would be like to live for one whole day with this condition. The severity of your selected disability is at a level where it is causing significant challenges to your quality of life. You are no longer able to work.  You will need to consider the home you currently live in. If you had to live with the disability you have selected (below), what difficulties would you face in continuing to live at your present address?

The list of case studies to choose from are:

1. Occipital lobe cerebrovascular accident (3 years post stroke): You are a 45 year old male living with your wife and 2 teenage sons in Winton in western Queensland
2. Cervical Level 3 Spinal Injury (Traumatic from MVA 3 years ago): You are a 38 year old female living in Emerald in Western Queensland. You live with your husband   and 3 school age children
3. Cerebral Palsy: You are a 29 year old female living alone in Babinda in North

Queensland.                                                                                                                  

1. Acquired Brain injury with frequent seizures (Traumatic from MVA– 12 months post injury): You are a 13 year old male living in Roma in Western Queensland with your mother and 10 year old sister
2. Young onset Lewy Body Dementia: You are a 44 year old male living with your sister

and her 2 primary school aged children in Monto in  Queensland                               

Example statement of the case study:

I am a 35 year female living in Roma in Western Queensland with condition x (as listed in case study). I live with my husband and 2 school age children. My home is low set with 4 steps, and has 2 levels inside with my bedroom and bathroom on the upper level. It is also important to include a short statement about any challenges you would face living in your current home as your case study. (No more than 150 words)