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Your human rights: a guide for disabled people
- Authors:
- COOKE Sarah, MATTHEWS Lucy
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Your Human Rights’ is a series of four plain English, non-technical guides focusing on the practical relevance of human rights in the UK. They are written directly for people living with mental health problems, disabled people, older people and refugees and asylum seekers who are in situations where they may need information on their human rights. They will also be useful for people working with these groups, or people who would like to know more about the impact of human rights on these groups. The present booklet is devoted to
Making change happen for black and minority ethnic disabled people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Four grassroots development projects were supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to generate practical learning about how to make change happen for black and minority ethnic disabled people. EQUALITIES aimed to increase the local voice of black and minority ethnic disabled people and carers. International Somali Community Trust employed direct advocacy and set up a user forum for Somali-speaking disabled people. People in Action supported ROOOTS, six African Caribbean people with learning difficulties, to deliver training to local service providers. Tassibee trained Pakistani Muslim women with experience of mental health difficulties to run self-help groups.
Able to work: report of the National Employment Panel's Employers' Working Group on Disability
- Author:
- THOMPSON Mark
- Publisher:
- National Employment Panel
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 84p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The focus of this report is how to help as many disabled people as possible to fulfil their potential in the labour market. It sets out a clear vision of what the government wants to achieve and why it is so important. And it makes a wide range of recommendations, both for employers and for several different arms of Government, which will help to deliver that vision.
Social Focus on Disability 2004
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 177p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Access to work blocked as disabled people remain unaware of initiative
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.8.03, 2003, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how many employers and disabled people are still unaware of the government's Access to Work scheme. Highlights the lack of publicity given to the scheme
A guide to receiving direct payments
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Direct Payments
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Scottish Executive response to the report of the Disability Rights Task Force
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Adoptive parenting - plus and minus
- Authors:
- HILL M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 12(2), 1988, pp.17-23.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The stresses of special needs adoption.
Care home census 2013: statistics on adult residents in care homes in Scotland
- Publishers:
- ISD Scotland, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This publication presents information on adult residents in Care Homes in Scotland collected as part of the annual Scottish Care Home Census (SCHC) held at 31st March 2013. The census covers all adult care homes in Scotland that are registered with the Care Inspectorate and data are collected via the Care Inspectorate’s web based “eForms” system. The report also includes care homes for older people, and care homes for other main client groups (adults with physical disabilities, adults with mental health problems or adults with learning disabilities). As at 31st March 2013 there were 1,282 care homes for adults in Scotland providing 42,755 places to 36,578 residents. This report notes that for the 2011 census, ISD Scotland (Ihe Information Services Division of NHS National Services Scotland) published two reports: an interim report and a detailed findings report. For the 2012 census onwards, ISD has produced a single annual report. (Edited publisher abstract)
The disability equality duty disabled people's toolkit: for disabled people enquiring about how a public authority has met its duty to promote disability equality
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
This toolkit is for disabled people: As a disabled person you might find that a public authority you have contact with does not have a DES in place, or if it does it may not be meeting its other specific duties under the legislation, or it just isn’t meeting one or more elements of the general duty to promote disability equality. If you think that a public authority is not meeting its duties and you want to find out more information from them this toolkit can help. The toolkit is a series of standard letters which disabled people can use to ask further questions of public authorities they have an interest in. Copies should be kept of all correspondence.