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Access audit handbook
- Author:
- GRANT Alison
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments; RIBA Publishing
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 130p., DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a multimedia planning tool for auditing the accessibility of buildings and services, and writing reports in appropriate formats in the context of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, funding requirements and best practice in building management. The handbook offers straightforward guidance about undertaking access audits and the various report formats to best communicate recommendations. Practical advice is supported by a range of case studies and an authoritative worked example of a successful report based on a real-life access audit. This is supplemented by a series of up-to-date auditing checklists and a DVD that includes both editable, electronic versions of the checklists and an award-winning film, Access Audits: a planning tool for businesses, which will provide a good understanding of what access audits are, their purpose and how to carry one out.
Disability and employment in the USA: the quest for best practices
- Author:
- SMITS Stanley J.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(6), October 2004, pp.647-662.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reviews the progress in developing policy, national infrastructure, and services in support of disabled people seeking employment in the USA. It reports on a study of best practices in the aftermath of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Workforce Investment Act.
Disabled people and European human rights: a review of the implications of the 1998 Human Rights Act for disabled children and adults in the UK
- Authors:
- CLEMENTS Luke, READ Janet
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 127p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
There has been increasing recognition of the ways in which disabled children and adults have been denied human and civil rights that others take for granted. In the year 2000, the 1998 Human Rights Act came into force in the UK. This book reviews the implications of the Act for disabled people. The book provides a clear and accessible account of the potential of the Human Rights Act to make a positive difference in relation to issues that have been identified through research, policy development and political debate as significant in the lives of disabled people. The book provides: an overview of key policy and legislative developments in the UK in relation to disabled children and adults in the post war period; an outline of the European Convention on Human Rights, the 1998 Human Rights Act and related procedures; an account of the ways in which disabled people's human rights have increasingly become a matter of concern and the implications of the Human Rights Act in relation to specific issues; a debate about the ways in which public bodies and practitioners within them can engage positively with the provisions of the Human Rights Act to develop better practice.
Research into practice
- Author:
- WINGHAM Gaynor
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.03.04, 2004, p.48.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled children and their families are rarely highlighted in reports about housing problems, although unsuitable housing has a major impact on family life. It may be opportune with the current emphasis on integrated children's services to revisit research on good practice in housing disabled children and their families. The needs of disabled children and their families should be included in any study of, or changes to, housing services.
Safeguarding adults and children with disabilities against abuse
- Author:
- BROWN Hilary
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 132p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg Cedex
The report addresses abuse and mistreatment of all disabled children and adults. It draws attention to the extent and nature of this abuse and aims to ensure that people with disabilities are protected against deliberate and/or avoidable harm, at least to the same extent as other citizens, and that when they are especially vulnerable, additional measures are put in place to assure their safety.
Over to you: guide to good practice in implementing the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Children in Scotland
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 55p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Explains the implications of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 for voluntary organisations. Gives case studies of projects that have put the act's provisions into practice and describes voluntary organisations' potential role in service planning; promoting user participation; services to disabled children; and fund raising.
Making homes fit for children: working together to promote change in the lives of disabled children
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Bryony, OLDMAN Christine
- Publisher:
- Policy Press,|Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 76p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
In 1998, Homes unfit for children described the extent of unsuitable housing for disabled children and their families and the impact it had on their lives. This follow-up study examines the policy and practice implications of the earlier report. It is based on consultation with professionals working with disabled children and their families, and discussion with parents who had participated in the original study. The report:provides a useful overview of policy and legislation; discusses both families’ and professionals’ views of the problem of unsuitable housing; looks at problems in the current system of service provision, specifically the lack of an holistic, coherent approach; and highlights the practical barriers to more effective services and suggests solutions, giving good practice evidence and recommendations.
Good practice in childcare
- Author:
- KAY Janet
- Publisher:
- Continuum
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 183p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book presents a guide to standards of good practice in child care, including discussions of the dilemmas raised in applying ethical and moral values and how these link to children's rights issues. It covers such topics as the law, professionalism, reflective practice, record-keeping, stereotyping, disability, workplace, home and community, historical and international context. The book provides exercises and case studies which are useful in the classroom and should help those studying for social care qualifications. Sections on working with parents and confidentiality as well as a useful chapter on the reflective practitioner are included.
Employing people with disabilities
- Author:
- EVANS Michael J
- Publisher:
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 92p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical guide for employers as to how to fulfil their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Explains the provisions of the act; employment programmes and support services for employers wishing to take on disabled people; employment policies and good practice in recruitment and retention; disability etiquette; access and adjustments to premises; and provides a list of sources of financial assistance and advice.
Disabled children and the law: research and good practice
- Authors:
- READ Janet, CLEMENTS Luke
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 303p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on research on the needs of disabled children, young adults and their families, and indicates how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development. Explains the overlapping legal responsibilities of social services, health and education, and how to facilitate coordinated practice. Emphasises the importance of an anti-discriminatory approach and of involving parents and children in decision making and advocacy. Includes extensive appendices of resource materials.