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Will new code crack discrimination?
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.7.01, 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Children with special needs who attend mainstream schools have often had to endure discrimination which has left them excluded. Reports on how a proposed code of practice, backed by a recently passed act, looks set to change this state of affairs.
The paradox of discriminatory practices as a means of emancipatory strategies
- Author:
- HELMIUS Gisela
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 4(3), December 2001, pp.273-284.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Draws on a qualitative study in Sweden in which women from three generations were interviewed about their daily lives. The women studied were all born with a mobility impairment. Inspired by feminist-sociological thought, the article highlights the situation of these women with particular regard to work, education and family. The focus is on potentials for individual empowerment and emancipatory strategies. Argues that the impairment might be identified as a driving force that allows the transcending of constraints of traditional work and family gender roles.
Not just users of services but contributors to society: the opportunities of the disability rights agenda
- Author:
- SAYCE Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(3), September 2001, pp.25-28.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses the relevance of models of disability for people with mental health problems. Looks at the opportunities presented in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as they apply to mental health.
Special Education Needs and Disability Act: disability discrimination in education
- Author:
- RIMMINGTON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 178, July 2001, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Looks at the provisions of Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA), which aims to introduce individual rights for children with disabilities in school and provide a mechanism for enforcement. In particular, the Act extends the role of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal to decide on certain limited claims relating to disability discrimination within schools.
Anti-discriminatory practice
- Author:
- THOMPSON Neil
- Publisher:
- Palgrave/British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 194p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
Explores the main areas of discrimination - age, gender, race, disability, and considers the practice implications of developing an anti-oppressive approach to social work.