Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Everything really is bigger in Texas, even the hate, because now social workers can refuse not only LGBT people, they can even refuse the disabled. Shame on them for such a foul deed.
Why did Texas strip protections for LGBTQ and disabled from social worker code?
Why did Texas strip protections for LGBTQ and disabled from social worker code?
New Texas rule lets social workers turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disabilityThe code lays out 13 areas of what constitutes professional behavior, the first among them being the following:
A social worker shall not refuse to perform any act or service for which the person is licensed solely on the basis of a client’s age; gender; race; color; religion; national origin; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity and expression; or political affiliation.
We should say that code was in the state’s code of conduct. As Washington correspondent Paul Cobler pointed out in a story last week, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and the state board overseeing social work stripped the sexual orientation, gender identity and disability protections from the code.
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First, national standards for social workers plainly require that they not discriminate against the people they are trying to help on the basis of those protections now removed from the state code.
The Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners voted unanimously Monday to change a section of its code of conduct that establishes when a social worker may refuse to serve someone. The code will no longer prohibit social workers from turning away clients on the basis of disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.