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Disabled women in Northern Ireland: situation, experiences and identity
- Author:
- EQUALITY COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 34p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The primary aim of the research was to sketch a profile of the multiple identity group, disabled women; in simple terms, to answer the question 'How do people in this group define themselves?’ The focus is to consider how people understand and perceive their identity.
Supporting disabled children and their families in Northern Ireland: a research and policy review
- Authors:
- KELLY Berni, MONTEITH Marina
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research has provided valuable information on how support services in Northern Ireland can be targeted to meet the needs of disabled children and their families, some of which is based on the views of these children and their parents who are most able to identify the types of services they require. It is imperative that this knowledge is incorporated into the delivery and development of support services in Northern Ireland. Research suggests that parents experience poorly coordinated systems and inadequate services especially at particular stages, such as diagnosis or post-school transitions. Respite care services hold potential benefits for disabled children and their families but need to be more flexible, comprehensive, family based and focused on the needs and wishes of disabled children. There is a need to develop more integrated recreational, social and leisure opportunities for disabled children to help combat their social exclusion.
Enabled?: recommendations for change to the Disability Discrimination Act in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- EQUALITY COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 77p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Legislation alone cannot create equality or change attitudes, but it can set clear standards of behaviour and provide redress for individuals who have met injustice and prejudice at the hands of others. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 acknowledged in law the existence of discrimination on grounds of disability and the need for legal remedies to counter it. This was in marked contrast to earlier official views that any disadvantage experienced by disabled people was a natural result of their particular impairments, rather than the practice of discrimination. In Northern Ireland, work is underway to develop single equality legislation, and these recommendations for change to the DDA are consistent with the objective of seeking harmonised anti discrimination legislation, which gives full and effective protection of the civil rights of all protected groups.
Code of practice: rights of access; goods, facilities, services and premises
- Author:
- EQUALITY COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 203p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The Equality Commission has produced this Code of Practice on Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The Code provides guidance for service providers on the measures they should take from October 2004 to ensure that physical features do not make their services impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people to use. The Act sets out four possible options for service providers: removing, altering or avoiding a physical feature, or providing the service by alternative means. The DDA does not prescribe what approach the service provider should use. However, the Commission believes that good practice and the most sensible approach will be to remove or alter the physical barrier to the service wherever this is possible. This is undoubtedly the most effective long term solution for both the service provider and disabled people.
A better future: 50 years of child care in Northern Ireland; 1950-2000
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 203p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The period 1950-2000 is of particular significance and importance in Northern Ireland. During this time the recognition of the needs of children, and the responsibility both collectively and individually to meet these, has moved increasingly to the forefront of society. Prime importance is now given by the legislators and specific statutory and voluntary organisations to ensuring that children, with a range of social, physical and emotional needs have access to services to enable them to achieve their full potential. Increasingly this right is being enshrined in legislation.