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Children's experiences of disability: a positive outlook
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive Education Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 16p.
Becoming adult: young disabled people speak
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This study of 72 young adults who have grown up with disability compares the experiences of a group who achieved independent households and jobs with groups of people who achieved one of these or neither. The study aimed to draw out the factors that enable and support disabled young people to move to independent adulthood.
A break free of caring?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.8.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses the case of a disabled man whose mother needs respite, but can't get it.
Permitted to work
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.5.02, 2002, p.44.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on new rules which mean that disabled people can now look for work without their doctors' approval.
Adolescents: typically developing siblings and siblings with severe disability
- Author:
- ALANT E.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 38(1), 2002, pp.62-70.
The aim of this study was to establish adolescents' perceptions of their siblings with a severe disability as well as the degree and type of social support they utilise. Seventeen adolescents with siblings with a severe disability were interviewed. Results showed that guilt feelings were more frequently experienced amongst the adolescents with siblings with a severe disability and these subjects tended not to freely express their feelings about their sibling with a disability. Amongst the control group the majority of the adolescents had a positive cognitive appraisal of their normal functioning siblings, although these adolescents did express ambivalent emotions towards the sibling relationship.
Enabling employment
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Guide, 13, May 2002, pp.39-40.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at what local authorities are doing to employ and support workers with disabilities and what able-bodied and disabled workers can both do to support each other.
Perspectives: own worst enemy?
- Author:
- WHITE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.4.02, 2002, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author expresses his concern that disabled people are their own best advocates, and would prefer someone who knows the opposition and how to represent disabled people against their prejudices.
Drinking to poor health
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.4.02, 2002, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Considers a case where a disabled person demands that his carers assist him in his heavy drinking.
A job-seeking self-efficacy scale for people with physical disabilities: preliminary development and psychometric testing
- Authors:
- BARLOW Julie, WRIGHT Chris, CULLEN Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 30(1), February 2002, pp.37-53.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
People with disabilities are at an increased risk of unemployment. The role of interventions aiming to enhance the employment prospects of people with disabilities is receiving increased attention. However, evaluation is hampered by the paucity of measures specific to the needs of the target population. The purpose of the present study was to develop and conduct preliminary testing of the psychometric properties of a job-seeking self-efficacy (JSS) scale that reflected the experiences of people with physical disabilities.
Changing direction: direct payments and disabled children
- Author:
- LEECE Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 14(4), 2002, pp.215-225.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
The Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 extended the powers of local authorities to make direct payments to the parents of disabled children and to disabled young people aged 16-17 years themselves. This article looks at the background to direct payments and discusses the disadvantages, advantages and potential to improve the lives of disabled young people and their parents. Also explores some important issues as local authorities expand their schemes. Data from a pilot project in Staffordshire Social Services is also used to inform the debate.