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A standard bearer for progress
- Author:
- HUBER Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.2.00, 2000, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Profiles Evelyne Rank-Petruzziello, who has been appointed commissioner on the Disability Rights Commission.
"The people shall shout with a great shout"
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 3(1), July 1989, pp.viii-ix.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Canadian support networks, known as Joshua Committees, lobby for services on behalf of handicapped individuals.
Intermediaries: a voice for vulnerable witnesses
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Criminal Justice System
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Intermediaries are a crucial aid to helping witnesses communicate more complete, more accurate and more coherent evidence in court. Vulnerable witnesses who need help in court include children and young people under the age of 17 and people with physical, mental or learning disabilities or disorders. Intermediaries are selected for their specialist communication facilitation skills and experience, for example, speech and language therapists, psychologists, teachers, health professionals, children s guardians and social care workers. Intermediaries can mean the difference between vulnerable witnesses communicating their best evidence or not communicating at all. Witnesses are key to the success of the criminal justice system. Too often in the past people who have difficulty communicating have not been able to give evidence and as a result wrong doers have not been brought to justice. Vulnerable witnesses in particular must receive the help and support they need to feel confident and reassured about giving evidence.
Contemporary advocacy: providing advocacy for young people with verbal and communication difficulties
- Authors:
- BOYLAN Jane, DALRYMPLE Jane, STARLIING Ros
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 225, April 2006, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
This article looks at Xpress, a well established advocacy service in East Sussex which provides advocacy for children and young people between the ages of eight and 21 years old. These children are either 'looked after' by a local authority or have left care, or have a learning or physical disability or a mental health difficulty. Many of the children have serious difficulties communicating verbally.
The Scottish Translation, Interpreting and Communication Forum: good practice guidelines 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Scottish Translation Interpreting and communication Forum
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Advocacy in the UK
- Authors:
- SIM Allan J., MACKAY Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 9(2), 1997, pp.5-12.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Considers advocacy in the United Kingdom and seeks to illuminate the position currently experienced by advocates and their clients through the use of data recovered from research in the North East of Scotland.
Family support as reflective practice
- Editors:
- DOLAN Pat, CANAVAN John, PINKERTON John
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 304p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Family support is an increasingly important strategic approach to welfare services for children and families. This resource for all professionals engaged covers core issues in family support. These include the importance of community, the role of statutory and voluntary agencies, youth advocacy, culturally appropriate family support, child protection, disability services and effective means of evaluation.
Disability statistics in the developing world: a reflection on the meaning in our numbers
- Authors:
- FUJIURA Glenn T., PARK Hye J., RUTKOWSKI-KMITTA Violet
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 18(4), December 2005, pp.295-304.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
International development initiatives priority to the collection of statistical indicators yet even the most basic data on intellectual disability is lacking. In response to the recent adoption of the 'international classification of function', numerous initiatives are attempting to expand and improve the quality of disability surveillance. The authors argue that these efforts must not lose sight of the core focus and promise of disability statistics – that of advocacy and the elevation of a disability policy agenda. Throughout the analysis of the technical features of surveillance, the authors reflect on the meanings attached to disability statistics and by extension, disability itself.
An analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the Twenty-First Century
- Author:
- PARDECK John T
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 4(1/2), 2005, pp.121-151.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The author provides an overview of the key components of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A discussion is offered on why and how persons with disabilities are discriminated against. The standard stereotypes often heard about persons with disabilities are offered. Critical United States Supreme Court decisions are presented; these decisions have greatly limited the power of the ADA in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. Even though the United States Supreme Court has narrowed the impact of the ADA in American life, a number of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cases are presented, suggesting this federal agency is attempting to protect persons with disabilities against discrimination. The final part of the paper deals with the topic of advocacy; advocacy may well be one of the most effective tools to help insure that the rights of people with disabilities are protected in the 21st century. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
"Our homes, not nursing homes" project: lives of people with disabilities in nursing homes
- Authors:
- HAYASHI Reiko, ROUSCULP Tiffany
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 3(2), 2004, pp.57-70.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The voices of non-elderly adults with disabilities who currently-or used to-reside in nursing homes are rarely heard. A grassroots disability advocacy organization conducts participatory action research in the form of a writing workshop in collaboration with a local community-college. Participants with disabilities describe their lives and their experiences in nursing homes with the help of volunteer scribes. The information provided in their accounts will help strengthen community-organizing efforts of the disability advocacy organization. And participants have been empowered by the realization that their life stories are helping others to leave nursing homes and join community settings. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).