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Incorporating disabled students within an inclusive higher education environment
- Authors:
- FULLER Mary, BRADLEY Andrew, HEALY Mick
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(5), August 2004, pp.455-468.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study investigated disabled students' perceptions and experiences of learning in a single university. The paper reports the views of disabled student volunteers with a range of impairments who were selected to discuss experiences of teaching and assessment that they commonly encountered. Four group interviews were organized in 2002, before the Disability Discriminants Act (DDA) part IV came on stream, in which disabled students were invited to reflect together on their experiences as learners at the case study university. In addition to teaching and assessment, the students also identified issues to do with access to, and the use of, information as important in their learning experience. We conclude that further studies will need to adopt a more integrated approach to understanding disabled students' experiences as learners.
Access in London: essential for anyone who has difficulty getting around
- Authors:
- COUCH Gordon, FORRESTER William, MCGAUGHEY David
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 438p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at disabled people and anyone who has difficulty getting around. Includes tips on travelling and who to contact for assistance; detailed sections on accommodation, shopping, theatres, pubs, football grounds, museums, buses, trains and the Underground; describes seating and toilet facilities, steps and distances; and contains detailed maps and diagrams highlighting step free routes.
Access to goods and services
- Author:
- REID Amanda
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 6.7.04, 2004, p.36.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Provides an over view of Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 which aims to extend the rights of disabled people in the way they receive goods and services.
Inclusion reality in practice
- Authors:
- ATKINS Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, 15(5), June 2004, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
The Disabled Adults Resource Team (DART) is a community team of health professionals who attempt to work to disability equality principles within the NHS. Reports on how the team set up a pilot counselling project with disabled people within the limitations of existing services, and looks at what was learnt from the project.
Legal 'assisted suicide' would threaten disabled people
- Author:
- STANFORD John
- Journal article citation:
- RADAR Bulletin, 343, March 2004, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
Summarises the Disability Rights Commission's policy against voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide.
The in-crowd
- Author:
- GREENWOOD Lynne
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 29.1.04, 2004, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Obstacles that make it difficult for disabled people to use healthcare premises will soon be outlawed when the Disability Discrimination Act is fully enforced. Looks at what support is available when trusts have to convert their premises.
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.
The intersection of disability, diversity, and domestic violence: results of national focus groups
- Authors:
- LIGHTFOOT Elizabeth, WILLIAMS Oliver
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 18(2), March 2009, pp.133-152.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Data from two national focus groups of 19 key informants (service providers and advocates) are used to explore issues faced by people with physical and sensory disabilities (primarily deafness) in accessing domestic violence services, with particular emphasis on those from minority ethnic groups. The study also looks at the preferences of people of colour when accessing such services, and assesses the cultural competence, disability awareness and domestic violence awareness of domestic violence service providers and disability organisations.
Receipt of professional care coordination among families raising children with special health care needs: a multilevel analysis of state policy needs
- Authors:
- PARISH Susan L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 31(1), January 2009, pp.63-70.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Data from the 2002 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs in the US were analyzed to understand the state-level policies and individual characteristics associated with receipt of professional care coordination by families raising children with special health care needs. Families living in states with more generous State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) were more likely to receive professional care coordination. Numerous individual characteristics are associated with receipt of support services. States could likely improve access to support services for these families by expanding SCHIP and implementing targeted measures to help uninsured children, children whose parents do not speak English, those living below 300% of the federal poverty level, and families raising children with the most severe impairments.
Variations in providers capacity to offer accessible health care for people with disabilities
- Authors:
- BACHMAN Sara S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 6(3), 2007, pp.47-63.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Results from a comprehensive Massachusetts-based survey of providers about access to health care for people with primarily physical disabilities are presented, and suggest that a minority of providers report difficulties. Dentists and mental health/substance abuse providers are significantly less likely than others to report that they provide accessible services, are less likely to report having received training related to mobility impairment, the installation of mirrors and accessible doors at their premises, and the provision of help with personal care needs. Conversely, they are more likely to report that their premises pose barriers for disabled people. A social work framework for understanding the individual in a social environment may be the most effective for creating innovative strategies for addressing the complex and multi-dimensional needs of people with disabilities who experience limited access to health care services.(Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).