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Future demand for services for young adults with learning disabilities from South Asian and black communities in Birmingham
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, ROBERTSON Janet
- Publisher:
- University of Lancaster. Institute for Health Research
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
South Asian families supporting a child or adult with learning disabilities at home often do so in the face of considerable social and economic adversity. Poverty and poor housing are endemic. South Asian carers receive little support from outside of their immediate family. Two thirds of carers receive no help at all with care from either their own or their spouse’s family. Semi-formal supports such as Parent Support Groups, Social Groups, and Temples or Mosques, play a very small role as a source of support for carers. Carers face considerable difficulties in getting access to specialist support services.