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Information: a key to empowerment; a strategy for information for disabled people on the Isle of Wight; report of a six week study tour ... for the Community Health Services Isle of Wight District Health Authority
- Author:
- DAWSON Ruth
- Publisher:
- Isle of Wight District Health Authority. Community Health Services
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 39p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newport
Report focusing on the role that information plays in improving the quality of life of disabled people, with the aim of producing a workable strategy for information provision.
Take your seats
- Author:
- LAWTON Smith
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2003, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at the election of the UK's first ever disabled people's parliament, an initiative led by the British Council of Disabled People. The aim is for the parliament to be a collective national voice feeding into national issues.
Disability through the lens of culture
- Author:
- TOWER Kristine D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2(2/3), 2003, pp.5-22.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Effective social work requires cultural sensitivity and competency. Until recently, there was little discussion of culture outside of the contexts of race or ethnicity. This American article is an exploration of the key components of culture with application to the community of people with disabilities. The language, history, stigmatization, economic concerns, common behaviors, and practices of people with disabilities are highlighted. A literature review of sensitivity and competency in crosscultural practice is provided. The article furnishes insights into the lived experience of disability. Suggestions to help practitioners reduce the risks of harm and improve service to this population are presented. Content on disability culture is proposed for social work educators to infuse into core curriculum or add to diversity electives.
The use and abuse of models of disability
- Authors:
- LLEWELLYN A., HOGAN K.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(1), January 2000, pp.157-165.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Throughout history, theorists have made use of the technology of the day to provide explanatory models of the behaviour they observe in order to provide an improved understanding of human behaviour. This article shows that models do have their place within disability research and discusses the implications of using the medical and social models of disability, together with two models from development psychology, namely the transactional model and systems theory, will be discussed. Argues that the usage of these models can aid understanding of disability in both research and clinical settings.
Writing disability history: problems perspectives and sources
- Author:
- BREDBERG Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(2), March 1999, pp.189-201.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper presents a critique of the uses of history that currently predominate within disability studies and also offers suggestions for ways in which disability history may be made more relevant to the emancipatory role of the discipline, more rigorous and more complete.
Enabling civil rights
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.6.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite fears about delays to disability legislation on grounds of cost, the civil rights agenda looks as if it is back on course. This article explores what will be needed to give the new laws some teeth - and the implications for social services departments.
Power to people with disabilities: empowerment issues in employment programming
- Authors:
- NEATH Jeanne, SCHRINER Kay
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(2), April 1998, pp.217-228.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Argues that the view of employment which focuses exclusively or primarily on increasing the personal or individual power of people with disabilities violates the spirit of the disability rights movement, which is a political movement organising for social change. Examples of employment programmes based in power are described, including self-managed work crews and businesses owned and operated co-operatively by people with learning disabilities.
Empowerment must be a two-wau learning process
- Author:
- BERESFORD Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(2), December 1997, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The author discusses the role of empowerment in social care.
Empowering stroke victims through self-help/mutual aid
- Author:
- OI-WAH Esther Chow
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 7(2), September 1997, pp.63-76.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
Discusses how cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is a common cause of death and perhaps the first cause of disability in adults in Hong Kong. CVD inevitably takes its toll on the patients and their family members and the slow and difficult rehabilitation period can be a very disempowering experience. This article aims to report the effectiveness of using self-help/mutual help groups as a means to overcome powerlessness of the stroke victims.
Social integration of the physically disabled
- Authors:
- BAR-ON Arnon, CHI-KWONG Law
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 6(2), September 1996, pp.27-45.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
This article reports on a study aimed at identifying the relationship between such locational activities and their impact on the social integration of physically disabled and able-bodied persons, as measured by the friendships they form and the frequency with which they meet outside the confines of the host agency. Based on a sample of members of a NGO in Hong Kong, the major finding is that joint locational activities have a spill-over effect on able-bodied participants, but not on the physically disabled. The implications are discussed and recommendations are made.