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The State of the Union for persons with disabilities in 2004
- Author:
- PARDECK John C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 3(4), 2004, pp.89-97.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Provides a summary of a recent US poll commissioned by the National Organization on Disability (NOD). A summary is offered of each question explored in the poll. The findings suggest that people with disabilities continue to be treated as second class citizens. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Practical guidelines for organising and running focus groups with older people
- Author:
- QUINE Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 8(4), December 1998, pp.4-6.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
This article outlines specific guidelines for running focus groups with older people, including recruitment strategies, issues regarding the appropriate form of address to use, and organisational ways of managing physical disabilities.
Disadvantage and discrimination compound: the experience of Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents of disabled children in the UK
- Authors:
- FAZIL Qulsom, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(3), May 2002, pp.237-253.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses a qualitative and quantitative study of the circumstances of 20 Pakistani and Bangladeshi families with one or more severely disabled children living in Birmingham, England. Parents and other adult carers were interviewed using a combination of structured questionnaires and a semi-structured interview schedule focusing on the families' material circumstances, their use of formal services, informal care arrangements, and aspects of the parents' social and psychological well-being. The study suggests that previous national surveys of disabled families may have under-estimated the extent of material disadvantage, whilst it confirms that health and social care professionals should not assume that Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents have recourse to high levels of extended family support. The combination of disadvantaged circumstances and difficulties in securing access to appropriate services, which are found for the minority families, suggesting the additional dimension of institutional racism.