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Fight on all sides
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.8.96, 1996, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
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.
Involving disabled people in services: a document describing good practice for planners, purchasers and providers; a report to the Social Work Services Inspectorate for Scotland
- Authors:
- HERD Dougie, STALKER Kirsten
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Scottish Office. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Sets out good practice in involving disabled people in service provision and provides advice which will help purchasers, planners, and providers to involve users more effectively in planning and providing services.
Encounters with strangers: feminism and disability
- Editor:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Women's Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 234p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the ways feminism can and must acknowledge disabled women for the benefit of all. Looks at ways in which disabled women have been disempowered and rendered invisible.
Ethnicity and caring for a disabled child: the case of children with sickle cell or thalassaemia
- Authors:
- AHMAD Waqar I. U., ATKIN Karl
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 26(6), December 1996, pp.755-775.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Services for haemoglobinopathies have been a major site of struggles for the black communities, yet the social research literature on haemoglobinopathies remains patchy and fragmented. Provides an overview of the literature on sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia major in the broader context of debates on childhood disability and chronic illness, and on ethnicity, racism and health care.
Our house
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.96, 1996, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Informing clients of available services is crucial to their well-being. For disabled people from ethnic minorities, there is little to make them feel they are catered for. The author reports on how an initiative in Walsall is bridging that gap.
An exploration of the responses of a social services department to the needs of black disabled elders
- Author:
- CULLEN Mary
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
Research study carried out in a Midlands town within the context of care in the community and taking into account the views of service users.
Women with physical disabilities: achieving and maintaining health and well-being
- Editors:
- KROTOSKI Danuta M., NOSEK Margaret A., TURK Margaret A.
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 501p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Includes papers on: personal health experiences of women with disabilities; causes, risks and consequences of disability among women; black and minority ethnic disabled women; sexual response in women with complete spinal cord injury; sexuality; pregnancy; disabled lesbians; disabled mothers; stress; managing bladder and bowel function; and physical fitness and well being.
Involving volunteers from underrepresented groups: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Survey evidence suggests that young people, older people, unemployed people, disabled people and people from black and other minority ethnic communities are underrepresented as volunteers in mainstream organisations. Researched carried out by the National Centre for Volunteering found that some organisations have addressed the barriers that face potential volunteers from these groups and secured their involvement through the adoption of practical measures and a real commitment to equality of opportunity.
Scope for fair housing: a literature review of housing with support for younger disabled people who require accessible housing
- Authors:
- ESMOND Dianne, STEWART Jill
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 88p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The project seeks out and highlights good practice in the delivery of accessible housing with support in the community. This initial study considers the background to the provision of housing with support in the community and what is generally considered to represent good practice. It examines the context within which housing and community care policy interact, bringing together previous research findings and good practice advice. Contents include: definition of disability; key housing concepts in relation to disabled people; the demographic context; housing an support issues; interagency cooperation; user involvement; finance; service provision for black disabled people; criteria of good practice.
Local authority occupational therapy services and ethnic minority clients
- Author:
- JOHNSON Mark R.D.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59(3), March 1996, pp.109-114.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses the results of an audit by the physical disability team of all current cases on the register of a metropolitan district occupational therapy office. The ethnic origin, language and religion of clients was established from the records by direct enquiry. An analysis performed of presenting problems, services response and response times demonstrated that there were significant variations between ethnic groups in the use made of the service. No evidence was found of a systematic bias against the interests of ethnic minority groups in general, but a number or questions were raised. In particular, Asian clients were more likely to be referred by certain channels, to require major works and to wait longer for action. Offers recommendations to be considered in future service planning.