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Black and minority ethnic disabled people and direct payments: a conference report 21 November 2001
- Authors:
- NATIONAL CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, BREAKING BARRIERS
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Independent Living,|Breaking Barriers
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Since 1997 people who use, or could use social services support have had the option of receiving cash to organise their own support, instead of using "traditional" social services such as community care workers, day centres or drop-ins. Yet there are particular problems of access for minority ethnic disabled people.
Making progress: equality annual report
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive,|Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Significant advances have been made in equal opportunities through legislation introduced through the Scottish Parliament, which has: made promotion of equality a national priority in education and put a duty on education authorities to say how they will improve equal opportunities; put a duty on Scottish Ministers, local authorities and social landlords to encourage equal opportunities and comply with equality legislation in providing housing and related services; put a duty on the Scottish Commission for Regulation of Care and Scottish Social Services Council to encourage equal opportunities and comply with equality legislation when carrying out their functions; established a statutory committee to advise on transport needs of disabled people; increased protection for those experiencing domestic abuse; recognised rights for same sex couples in cases of adults with incapacity; improved procedures in sexual offence cases, e.g. protecting rape victims from being cross-examined by the accused; put a duty on local authorities to offer eligible disabled people direct payments; repealed section 2a of Local Government Act 1986 thus removing constraints to the discussion of sexual orientation in schools.