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Is anyone listening?: childhood disability and public services in Northern Ireland; technical report
- Authors:
- MILNER S., et al
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 95p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The aim of this project was to provide an extensive profile of disabled children and their families in Northern Ireland through the analysis of the nature of disability, family circumstances and socio-demographic characteristics, and the provision of services in a number of social policy areas (health and social services, education, housing) using data-sets from the PPRU Surveys of Disability. The project included the views of disabled children in Northern Ireland regarding key issues in these areas.
Telling our own stories: reflections on family life in a disabling world
- Editors:
- MURRAY Pippa, PENMAN Jill
- Publisher:
- Parents with Attitude
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 276p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Personal accounts of disability, from disabled people and their families, introduced from the perspective of human rights, inclusion, and a social model of disability.
Championing children: a report on Manchester City Council's services for children
- Authors:
- PRICE John Rea, PUGH Gillian
- Publisher:
- Manchester City Council. Chief Executive's Office
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The purpose of this review was to determine whether services are provided in the most effective way to meet the needs of children and families in Manchester and whether the current focus of limited resources is the most appropriate. The remit of the review was extended to cover the entire interface between Children and Families Division (CFD) and the Education Department (Children's Services Division CSD) in relation to those under 18. Work was concentrated in four task groups: children and young people with disabilities; interagency arrangements for child protection; the interrelationship of CFD and education department provision for children away from home; the interrelationship between CSD and the services of CFD for young children.
Disability and social change: private lives and public policies
- Authors:
- SHAH Sonali, PRIESTLY Mark
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Combining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It explores how public policies and institutional care have influenced the types of life-choices and the opportunities available to people. It also asks whether life has really changed for disabled people. A key strength of the book is how it uses biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time. Chapters cover: Policy, history and biography; Telling stories; Keeping it in the family; Living with medicine; Learning about life; and Working for a living. Especially relevant for researchers, students and policy makers.
Young disabled people: aspirations, choices and constraints
- Author:
- SHAH Sonali
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 124p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Based on research funded by the European Social Fund, this publication examines the career-related decisions and aspirations of young disabled people. A comparison is made between young disabled people in special and mainstream education in relation to the origins of their career-related decisions, and their perceptions of how they will achieve their goals. The book also covers social and personal factors that may act as barriers to young people's choices, such as disabling barriers (physical, social and attitudinal), impairment, friends, family background and relationships, education system, government policy and the expectations of others.
Diversity in disability: exploring the interactions between disability, ethnicity, age, gender and sexuaity
- Authors:
- MOLLOY Donna, KNIGHT Tim, WOODFIELD Kandy
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 212p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report explores diversity in disability. It examines the complex relationships between disability and other aspects of identity, chiefly: ethnicity, gender, age and sexuality. Based on qualitative research with disabled people itprovides evidence about the interaction of different characteristics on disabled peoples’ everyday lives and perceptions of self-identity. It explores the salience of concepts such as ‘compounded’ or ‘multiple’ disadvantage to the everyday lives of disabled people from diverse social groups and discusses if, how and why different aspects of diversity affect people’s everyday experiences.
Factfile 2002-03: facts and figures about children in the UK
- Author:
- NATIONAL CHILDRENS HOME
- Publisher:
- National Children's Home
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 284p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistical and other information on: population characteristics; family costs, income and poverty; children, housing and homelessness; children and disability; education and health; children at risk; crime; and children in care.
Whatever next?: young disabled people leaving care
- Authors:
- RABIEE Parvaneh, PRIESTLEY Mark, KNOWLES Julie
- Publisher:
- First Key
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report explains the policy background to transitional planning and examines how young disabled people may be affected by new arrangements for care leavers. It includes contributions and stories from 28 young disabled people who have been looked after and are making the transition to adulthood.
Factfile 2001: facts and figures about children in the UK
- Author:
- NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOME
- Publisher:
- National Children's Home
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 172p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistical and other information on: population characteristics; family costs, income and poverty; children, housing and homelessness; children and disability; education and health; children at risk; crime; and children in care.
Together from the start: practical guidance for professionals working with disabled children (birth to 2) and their families
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
`Where children have special needs and disabilities, it is important that identification leads directly to effective early intervention and support for families and children. This guidance is designed to improve service provision to very young disabled children and their families. Content include: assessment and early intervention; coordinating service provision, ways of working in partnership; working with children and families; planning a family-centred approach to service delivery.