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Young disabled people moving into adulthood in Scotland
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Users' views of community care for Asian disabled people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A study in the North of England collected the views of 28 Asian disabled people on what would make their lives better and on what would make community care services better.
Better rewards: the cost and effectiveness of employing salaried support carers to reduce waiting lists for short-term care: research report
- Authors:
- HESLOP Pauline, BYFORD Sarah, WEATHERLY Helen
- Publisher:
- Shared Care Network,|Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 112p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The breaks described take place, not in institutions, but in the homes of carefully selected carers/families, in the child's own home or community setting.
A comparative study of social policy transfer: the adoption of anti-discrimination policy in the United Kingdom and Australia
- Author:
- LIGHTFOOT Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy Journal, 1(4), 2002, pp.5-21.
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, New York
Both the United Kingdom and Australia engaged in social policy transfer of anti-discrimination policy for people with disabilities in the 1990s with the adoption of new legislation whose structure and approach originated in the United States a decade earlier. This paper focuses on the extent of the convergence of disability policies between each country and the USA, and the variables that affected social policy transfer in each nation. By using a comparative approach, this paper allows for a better understanding of the processes and constraints involved in transferring social policy across nations. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Will it ever get sorted?: full report of consultation with disabled children and young people in Hammersmith and Fulham
- Author:
- HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Hammersmith and Fulham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the consultation with disabled children and young people in Hammersmith and Fulham. Models of participation are described including training young disabled people in research skills, encouraging understanding about local community and learning about local authority, service planning and decision making. Key aims were for young people (16 – 20 ) lead and develop projects in their local community, and for the project to include participation by other young disabled people in the running of the project.
Human rights and school change: the Newham story
- Authors:
- JORDAN Linda, GOODEY Chris
- Publisher:
- Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
- Edition:
- 2nd
This book charts the steps which brought about the closure of most of the separate special schools and units in Newham, East London, over a 12-year-period, 1984-96. At the same time Newham's ordinary schools have undergone major changes to improve provision for all pupils. The report describes the London education authority's de-segregation programme to bring disabled children into mainstream schools.
Supported employment and people with complex needs: a review of research literature and ongoing research
- Author:
- WESTON Jeremy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 2(1), April 2002, pp.83-104.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This paper uses research from American, Australasian and UK-based perspectives to examine supported employment as an enabling strategy to support disabled people with complex needs to access mainstream employment. Supported employment is analysed in the context of models of disability and employment policy. Factors underlying and hindering successful provision are identified from research. Supported employment is successfully supporting some people with complex needs into mainstream employment. However, aspects of employment policy, the benefits system, a lack of funding, and geographical variation in provision act as barriers to success. The implications of supported employment for people with complex needs are identified for social services and social work departments.
User-defined outcomes of community care for Asian disabled people
- Author:
- VERNON Ayesha
- Publisher:
- Policy Press,|Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
A study in the North of England collected the views of 28 Asian disabled people on what would make their lives better) and on what would make community care services better. Asian disabled people and their families lacked confidence and trust in service provision. This contributed to low take-up of services. Low take-up of services did not mean low levels of need. People reported feelings of isolation, forced dependency on family members, frustration at not being able to move about freely at home, anxiety and distress. People felt that service providers lacked cultural knowledge, and that they expected Asian disabled people to 'fit in' with existing provision. Several people felt discriminated against on the grounds of disability and race - sometimes by service providers, sometimes by attitudes within their families and communities.