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Access to practice: overcoming the barriers to practice learning for disabled social work students
- Authors:
- SAPEY Bob, TURNER Rosemary, ORTON Sue
- Publisher:
- SWAPltsn
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- Southampton
The introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act Part 4 requires institutions to ensure that learning and teaching practices are accessible to disabled students. Under the Act there is also a responsibility to make anticipatory adjustments and this will lead to the development of proactive practices, not merely responding to issues as they arise. There will be a need for the academic community, in conjunction with partners, toensure an equality of opportunity for disabled students. For social work, and other subject disciplines, it is vital that the profession reflects the wider composition of the communities it serves. This guide has been produced at an opportune time as it will support a drive to increase the number of disabled students undertaking the new degree in social work.
Ramps and civil rights
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(1), 1995, pp.5-18.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reviews the literature on housing and disability from a civil rights perspective. Presents strong evidence that housing cannot be ignored by social workers if they are to be effective in the provision of genuine community care. It argues for an increased involvement of social workers in this field as they have the skills that could benefit disabled people and because of the evidence that if it is left to occupational therapists and district council officials, there will be a disregard of the 'civil rights' perspective. Finally, suggests specific ways in which social workers could work effectively with disabled people to enable them to live independently.