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Consumer access to agency websites: our best foot forward?
- Authors:
- VERNON Robert, LYNCH Darlene
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Technology in Human Services, 21(4), 2003, pp.37-51.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Reports on an exploratory study where one hundred social service agency websites in the USA were examined to find out how easily consumers could access posted information on them. Each website was analysed for multiple language availability, reading, simplicity, reading comprehension and disability access.This study found substantial barriers to website access for social service consumers. Discusses design issues to make website access easier such as disability standards, policy suggestions and best practices. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
In direct contrast
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 48, 5.11.03, 2003, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at why there are still so few people receiving direct payments.
Are you listening?: what disabled children and young people in Wales think about the services they use
- Author:
- TURNER Claire
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government. Children First
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 62p., ill.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This consultation was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government. It elicited the views of disabled children and young people across Wales about the services they use and their recommendations for change. The findings will be used to inform the Children’s First bjectives, the National Service Framework for Children and wider policy developments. Disabled children and young people’s involvement in making decisions about their own care and treatment is not consistent across services. Whilst disabled children and young people may make small day to day decisions, adults still appear to make the more important decisions on their behalf. There are few examples of disabled children and young people’s involvement in shaping services.
Delivering adaptations: good practice system review checklist
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This checklist is provided to assist partner agencies in a locality working together to deliver an effective adaptation service. It is aimed both at those responsible for planning and designing the system and those responsible for service delivery. It will also be helpful to service users and their advocates in shaping their expectations of the service they receive.
Choose life
- Author:
- GILBERT Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 37, 4.6.03, 2003, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at Lifestyle Choices, a new collaborative project enabling people with disabilities to gain equal access to local services.
Disability portfolio
- Author:
- RESOURCE
- Publisher:
- Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 12 pamphlets.
- Place of publication:
- London
Resource: the Council for museums, archives and libraries has issued new guidelines this month to help improve accessibility to collections for disabled people of all types. 2003 is European year of disabled people and the Resource Disability Portfolio is a major contribution to the year. Museums, archives and libraries have developed a wealth of good practice over the past few years. However, our research shows that there are still some significant barriers to access. Museums, archives and libraries connect people to information and knowledge, creativity, culture and identity. Resource's new Disability Portfolio will encourage staff to build on the good practice that already exists working towards equal access for disabled people to the collections and services of museums, archives and libraries and equal opportunities in employment. The Disability Portfolio is a collection of twelve guides which include disability in context; meeting disabled people; training for equality; and audits.
Digital disability: the social construction of disability in new media
- Authors:
- GOGGIN Gerard, NEWELL Christopher
- Publisher:
- Roman and Littlefield
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 182p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Media representation of and for the disabled has been recharged in recent years with the expansion of new media worldwide. Interactive digital communications - such as the Internet, new varieties of voice and text telephones, and digital broadcasting - have created a need for a more innovative understanding of new media and disability issues. This analysis offers a global perspective on how people with disabilities are represented as users, consumers, viewers or listeners of new media, by policymakers, corporations, programmers and the disabled themselves.
The politics of disability and access: the Sydney 2000 Games experience
- Author:
- DARCY Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(6), October 2003, pp.737-757.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The article examines disability and access issues surrounding the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Central to this is an examination of the involvement of the Australian community of people with disabilities [1] within the Games. The Sydney Paralympic Games, in particular, was seen as a possible watershed event for developing accessible infrastructure, and raising awareness of disability and access issues. This paper draws on the official documents of the Games, newspaper accounts and disability organisation reports. The article first examines the major bodies charged with organising the Games, and the planning processes used to incorporate disability and access issues. It then examines a range of critical issues and their relationships with the disability community. Finally, the article provides an analysis of any likely legacies that the 2000 Games may have for Sydney's community of people with disabilities.
It shouldn't be down to luck: results of a DPN consultation with disabled parents on access to information and services to support parenting; summary
- Author:
- WATES Michelle
- Publisher:
- Disabled Parents Network
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Whilst it is crucial to the welfare of children that all parents are well supported, there has been much evidence over the past decade pointing to the fact that it is very hard for parents with chronic illnesses, physical and/or sensory impairments, Deaf parents, those with learning difficulties and those with particular mental health needs to access information, resources and support to help them fulfil their parenting responsibilities. The aim was to identify useful sources of information and support and at the same time to find out whether there were particular points at which parents had experienced difficulty or were not happy with what was available. The aim was also to check out whether what the SSI said in respect of social services departments applies across other agencies and the voluntary sector.
National Information Forum: annual review 2002-03
- Author:
- NATIONAL INFORMATION FORUM
- Publisher:
- National Information Forum
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Information Forum is a voluntary organisation committed to encouraging the provision of accessible information, by every means possible, for disabled people, asylum seekers, refugees and anyone else disadvantaged in gaining access to information so that they may lead lives of choice in our communities. The aims are to: raise awareness among service providers of the need to make information available in ways that are appropriate to the user; promote and publicise good practice in providing information; and to develop training materials on how best to provide accessible information. This report outlines the work of the organisation to the year ended 31st May 2003.