Black disabled women have special needs which are not being met. Argues that it is time social services stopped being colour blind and supported this embattled minority.
Black disabled women have special needs which are not being met. Argues that it is time social services stopped being colour blind and supported this embattled minority.
Subject terms:
multicultural approach, needs, physical disabilities, social care provision, women, black and minority ethnic people;
A report published last year by the department of social policy and social work at the University of Manchester on the community care plans of SSDs in England and Wales noted that few departments had incorporated ways of involving black disabled people. Looks at what is being done to bring pressure upon SSDs to take the issue seriously: workers at Huddersfield disability unit have been funded by the Home Office to work specifically with ethnic communities and disability and they report to Kirklees SSD on a regular basis and Hammersmith & Fulham SSD have appointed specialist Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia workers to provide information and carry out various activities which include awareness training to the black community and running support groups.
A report published last year by the department of social policy and social work at the University of Manchester on the community care plans of SSDs in England and Wales noted that few departments had incorporated ways of involving black disabled people. Looks at what is being done to bring pressure upon SSDs to take the issue seriously: workers at Huddersfield disability unit have been funded by the Home Office to work specifically with ethnic communities and disability and they report to Kirklees SSD on a regular basis and Hammersmith & Fulham SSD have appointed specialist Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia workers to provide information and carry out various activities which include awareness training to the black community and running support groups.
Subject terms:
needs, physical disabilities, social services, social care provision, women, black and minority ethnic people, care planning;