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Extension of DDA Part 3 to transport services
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Peter J.G., WAUGH Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 104, 2005, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 makes provision for the duties in Part 3 of the DDA to be extended to transport services. This article comments on the draft code of practice recently issued for consultation.
Enabling rights
- Author:
- SIMS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 1.6.04, 2004, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
With a new draft Disability Discrimination Bill published last December and on its way to parliament, examines the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Getting the better of hate
- Author:
- SIMS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 20.4.04, 2004, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the findings from a survey of disabled people in Scotland which found that almost half of disabled people surveyed had experienced hate crime. The research, commissioned by Capability Scotland and the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) surveyed 160 disabled people and their carers, and spoke to two focus groups. Reports on Scotland's proposals to tackle the problem, and looks at current legislation in England and Wales.
Moving with the times: information for disabled people on CD-ROM
- Author:
- VISSER Inez
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 63, March 1997, pp.15-16.
Highlights a new information service which has been developed by Disability Scotland and discusses possibilities.
Housing information and advice for disabled people
- Author:
- ECCLES Pat
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 56, November 1995, p.19.
Provides extracts from the report, 'Housing Information and Advice for People with Physical Disabilities , which has been written by the author.
Removing the barriers: housing for people with physical disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 55, September 1995, p.19.
Reports on the publication of Scottish Homes' policy statement on housing for people with physical disabilities.
Developmental differences in understanding the causes, controllability and chronicity of disabilities
- Authors:
- SMITH L. A., WILLIAMS J. M.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 31(4), July 2005, pp.479-488.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The present study explored typically developing children's (n = 77) understanding of the causes, controllability and chronicity of disabilities. Children in each of four age groups (45 years, 67 years, 910 years and 1112 years) were interviewed to explore their ideas about children with physical disabilities (minor: missing thumb; major: wheel-chair bound), sensory disabilities (blindness and hearing loss), learning disabilities (non-specific and Down syndrome) and emotional/behavioural difficulties (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and lack of social skills). Significant age differences were found in children's understandings of the causes, controllability and chronicity of disabilities. Furthermore, children showed a greater understanding of salient disabilities. Findings are discussed in terms of developmental changes and the role of experience in shaping children's understanding of disabilities.
Early institutional provision in Scotland for disabled children
- Author:
- HUTCHISON Iain
- Journal article citation:
- Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 3(1), February 2004, pp.31-43.
- Publisher:
- Department of Social Work. University of Strathclyde.
Reviews the early history of disabled children's institutional provision in Scotland, noting the industrialising and urbanising context and the fragmented development, each kind of disability being regarded separately. Examines the aims of institutions and their variety of objectives - education and training, medical intervention, custodial confinement. Discusses supporters' and administrators' objectives and includes first hand testimony. Development was uneven. Sensory, mental and physical impairments were not identified as distinct; particular conditions were seen as separate and attracted attention at different times, resulting in different responses. Disability was identified as a 'problem'. Children were removed from family life, stigmatised, and had their aspirations and expectations stifled. Institutions projected a caring image, but children were in fact often traumatised by strict discipline and loss of family contact and basic freedoms.
Services for people with physical disabilities in Springburn
- Author:
- BURKE Tressa
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 55, September 1995, pp.15-18.
Discusses housing and support issues which affect people with physical disabilities in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
The needs of physically disabled people aged 16-65 years and service usage in Grampian
- Authors:
- SUTHERLAND Anne, CHESSON Rosemary
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(5), May 1994, pp.171-176.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reports part of a two-phase investigation of disability sponsored by Grampian SWD. Following a questionnaire survey of about 1 in 40 of the region's households, 212 people with disabilities aged 16-65 were interviewed during 1989/1990 to obtain an in-depth understanding of their perceptions of current and past service provision.