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Knowledge, tasks and strategies for teaching about persons with disabilities: implications for social work education
- Author:
- PARDECK T. John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(2), 2002, pp.53-72.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Persons with disabilities are seen as distinct and insular minority group within the United States. Given the fact that social workers offer critical social services to this group, it is important for social work programmes to offer meaningful curriculum content on persons with disabilities. This article presents key issues that social work educators should find useful for teaching about persons with disabilities. Specifically, a discussion is offered on the disability civil rights movement, the culture of disability, models for defining disability, knowledge areas on disability issues, teaching masks and strategies for focusing on persons with disabilities.
Women with disabilities: the long road to equality
- Author:
- FAIRCHILD Sherry R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 6(2), 2002, pp.13-28.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Due to the double discrimination of gender and disability status, women with disabilities confront major obstacles to achieve equality and full participation in society. This American article examines some of the current meanings of disability and current discriminatory practices in specific areas for women with disabilities such as human rights and abuse, relationships and sexual functioning, health issues, employment and environment barriers. Identifies areas for social workers to become involved at both the macro and micro levels of practice.
The rights of disabled children and young people
- Author:
- HORNA Patricia
- Publisher:
- Save the Children Sweden
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockholm
This paper is about the rights of children and young people with disabilities. It sets out both to discuss the subject of disability from a Child Rights angle and to develop some basic guidelines for tackling this issue in a practical way. The paper aims to shape people’s thinking on everyday attitudes to disabled children and young people. It looks at various ideas about disability and the prejudices and stereotypes in which they are rooted. The rights of disabled children and young people are examined from a universal standpoint.
Human rights and disability: the current use and future potential of United Nations human rights instruments in the context of disability
- Authors:
- QUINN Gerard, et al
- Publisher:
- United Nations
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 184p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This study looks at the current use and future potential of the United Nations human rights instruments in the specific field of disability. The world has seen a shift in perspective over the past two decades, from viewing people with disabilities as problems, towards viewing them as holders of rights. The study analyses this development in three parts. The first part covers the nature of the shift to the human rights framework of reference in the context of disability. The second part is an evaluation of the current use of the United Nations human rights instruments, providing a detailed analysis of the actual and potential relevance of each of the human rights treaties in the context of disability. The final part outlines options for the future. It contains the author’s analysis of a detailed questionnaire sent to disability NGOs around the work and sets out a range of observations, comments and recommendations designed to enhance the future use of the United Nations human rights system in the context of disability.
Equality and diversity: making it happen
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document sets out the government's assessment of the priorities for equality and the challenges ahead. It looks at what equality machinery can contribute to achieving this equality vision and invites views on possible structures. It notes the links between institutional support for equality and for human rights. Finally it sets out the next steps following this consultation, including how and when a decision will be reached.
Disability and the notion of human development: questions of rights and capabilities
- Author:
- BAYLIES Carolyn
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(7), December 2002, pp.725-739.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
From a rights perspective disability has come increasingly to be seen as less a matter of personal misfortune than of societal neglect and obstruction, and as much warranting claims on the state to ensure inclusion and equality as to prosecute a duty of care. This shift resonates with other transitions within international discourse, most notably the increasing prominence of the notion of human development, which emphasises the importance of equity, freedom, and full realisation of human rights and capabilities. The capabilities approach, upon which the concept of human development is grounded, is examined more closely and its implications for disability considered. It is argued that a capabilities approach may serve alternatively to keep disability partially hidden from view or become a powerful means for identifying the responsibilities of governments and external agencies in genuinely equalising opportunities.
Will new laws help disabled people in mainstream education?
- Author:
- BERRY Tom
- Journal article citation:
- RADAR Bulletin, 328, October 2002, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
New rights for disabled pupils and students came into force in September. The campaign manager at the Disability Rights Commission, explains their campaign and how it aims to help with changes in education resulting from implementation of the new laws.
Feminism abortion and disability: irreconcilable differences?
- Authors:
- SHARP Keith, EARLE Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(2), March 2002, pp.137-145.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There has been considerable discussion of the political allegiance between the feminist and disability movements, but the question of abortion remains a thorny one. Disability rights advocates have been keen to demonstrate that it is possible to believe in a woman's right to sovereignty over the body and, yet, be opposed to the selective abortion of an impaired foetus - describing the latter as a form of 'weak' eugenics. The aim of this paper is to show that, whilst there may be some points of agreement between the feminist and disability movements on the question of abortion, there exist fundamental and irreconcilable differences.
What disability civil rights cannot do: employment and political economy
- Author:
- RUSSELL Marta
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(2), March 2002, pp.117-135.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Americans with Disabilities Act is both a liberal civil rights bill and a labour economics bill meant to increase the employment of disabled persons. It identifies the source of unemployment in discriminatory attitudes of employers and physical barriers in the work environment, and promotes inclusion through the establishment of regulations that are intended to create 'equal opportunity' in the labour market. Such liberal reforms primarily focus on 'irrational' discriminatory attitudes. Operating within an individualist framework, civil rights have not given sufficient attention to structural barriers, which 'rational' business practices, the economic system and class power relationships erect. This paper will both micro- and macro-economic realities of US capitalism, which directly impede disabled peoples' employment and perpetuate a disabling society. The failure of rights legislation to increase disabled people's employment exposes the contradictions of promoting equal opportunity in a class-based (unequal) society.
The best place to be? Residential school placements for disabled children
- Authors:
- ABBOTT David, WARD Linda, MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 13, Summer 2002, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Reports on recent research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which examined residential school placements for disabled children. Focuses on the experiences of the children, parents attitudes, and whether placements are monitored by local authorities.