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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.
Different paths: connecting services: a guide to better practice in meeting the housing needs of black and minority ethnic disabled people and D/deaf people
- Authors:
- BUTT Jabeer, DHALIWAL Sukhwant
- Publisher:
- Habinteg Housing Association
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents a study into the housing experiences of black and minority ethnic disabled and D/deaf (disabled deaf) people. Through focus groups involving BME disabled and D/deaf service users and their carers and statutory, public and voluntary sector service providers it explores: how disabled and D/deaf people from BME communities access appropriate housing; the disadvantages and barriers participants identified as preventing them from securing suitable accommodation and services; the key issue of whether their needs are best met by responding to them as a distinct group – as opposed to perceiving them simply as members of ‘BME’ or ‘disabled’ communities; and opportunities for conferring greater choice and control to BME disabled and D/deaf people
Different paths: challenging services; a study of the housing experiences of black and minority ethnic disabled and D/deaf people
- Authors:
- BUTT Jabeer, DHALIWAL Sukhwant
- Publisher:
- Habinteg Housing Association
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents a study into the housing experiences of black and minority ethnic disabled and D/deaf (disabled deaf) people. Through focus groups involving BME disabled and D/deaf service users and their carers and statutory, public and voluntary sector service providers in the London Boroughs of Brent, Camden and Waltham Forest, it explores: how disabled and D/deaf people from BME communities access appropriate housing; the disadvantages and barriers participants identified as preventing them from securing suitable accommodation and services; the key issue of whether their needs are best met by responding to them as a distinct group – as opposed to perceiving them simply as members of ‘BME’ or ‘disabled’ communities; and opportunities for conferring greater choice and control to BME disabled and D/deaf people.
Disabled people and the internet: experiences, barriers and opportunities
- Authors:
- PILLING Doria, BARRETT Paul, FLOYD Mike
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 90p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Government intends to make all government information and transactions available electronically by 2005. An increasing proportion of useful commercial and social information is available online. However, disabled people can face particular challenges using the Internet - for example, cost, access difficulties and unfamiliarity with electronic technology. (These limiting factors can be exacerbated for older age groups to which many disabled people belong.) This research examined whether the provision of information, goods and services through the Internet removes many of the access barriers faced by disabled people, or adds to them. Views were obtained from enquirers to AbilityNet, a UK charity giving free computing advice to disabled people, and from focus group participants.
Assistive technology: independence and well-being
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper looks in more depth at the role of assistive technology (AT) in supporting independence. It examines the place of AT in the current policy context and describes the current evidence to demonstrate how AT can support independence. It analyses the current obstacles to progress and explains how change can be introduced. New assistive technology can play a vital role in supporting the ways in which millions of older or disabled people can maintain or regain their independence. It also has the potential to modernise the way in which many aspects of health and social care are currently delivered to the benefit of users, carers, service providers and the taxpayer.
The Equal Lives evaluation report: what difference does it make?; disabled people ask the questions; evaluation phase two - a qualitative approach
- Authors:
- JOHNS Tracey, et al
- Publisher:
- Essex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Chelmsford
In 2001 Essex County Council Social Services launched a five-year strategy for its services for disabled people, called 'Equal Lives'. This set out plans to develop services that would meet the specific needs of the 121,000 people in Essex who have a physical and/or sensory impairment, enabling and empowering them to lead independent lives. The strategy was developed through extensive service user consultation. The key aims of the consultation were to: evaluate how well the Equal Lives strategy is meeting its aims to enable disabled service users to lead more independent lives; ask about the areas of people's lives where they felt they had sufficient choice and control and those where they felt this was lacking; and identify early signs of improvements in services and opportunities for further improvement.
The Equal Lives evaluation report: summary; what difference does it make?; disabled people ask the questions; evaluation phase two - a qualitative approach
- Author:
- JOHNS Tracey
- Publisher:
- Essex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Chelmsford
In 2001 Essex County Council Social Services launched a five-year strategy for its services for disabled people, called 'Equal Lives'. This set out plans to develop services that would meet the specific needs of the 121,000 people in Essex who have a physical and/or sensory impairment, enabling and empowering them to lead independent lives. The strategy was developed through extensive service user consultation. The key aims of the consultation were to: evaluate how well the Equal Lives strategy is meeting its aims to enable disabled service users to lead more independent lives; ask about the areas of people's lives where they felt they had sufficient choice and control and those where they felt this was lacking; and identify early signs of improvements in services and opportunities for further improvement.
The Equal Lives evaluation report: appendices; what difference does it make?; disabled people ask the questions; evaluation phase two - a qualitative approach
- Authors:
- JOHNS Tracey, et al
- Publisher:
- Essex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Chelmsford
In 2001 Essex County Council Social Services launched a five-year strategy for its services for disabled people, called 'Equal Lives'. This set out plans to develop services that would meet the specific needs of the 121,000 people in Essex who have a physical and/or sensory impairment, enabling and empowering them to lead independent lives. The strategy was developed through extensive service user consultation. The key aims of the consultation were to: evaluate how well the Equal Lives strategy is meeting its aims to enable disabled service users to lead more independent lives; ask about the areas of people's lives where they felt they had sufficient choice and control and those where they felt this was lacking; and identify early signs of improvements in services and opportunities for further improvement.
Issues in access for disabled people: the case of the Leeds Transport Strategy
- Authors:
- BARRETT E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Policy Studies, 24(4), 2003, pp.227-242.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
While the transport problems of disabled people figure prominently in some transport strategies, the reality of what disabled people experience can be far removed from what most strategies aim to achieve. The main reason for this mismatch is an inappropriate, even erroneous, conceptualisation of disability. This is compounded by an inadequate articulation of the needs of disabled people and their lack of meaningful involvement in the development of transport strategy. This article looks the Leeds Transport Strategy (as currently expressed within the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan). Analyses the treatment of disabled access issues in the strategy and relates these issues to the results of empirical research. The experiences of a wide range of disabled respondents are considered in parallel with the attitudes and actions of transport providers and policy makers. Concludes that the gap between intentions of policy makers and the real needs of disabled transport users, can be reduced by the involvement of disabled people in the decision-making process.
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.