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University challenges
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.09.05, 2005, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author looks at how disabled students are supported at Universities and asks whether they receive enough help.
Speak for yourself
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.05, 2005, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Keynote speakers at conferences on disability issues tend not to be disabled. The author reports on a consultancy service in Hampshire, All Inclusive, which is to be owned and managed by people with disabilities and will provide keynote speakers for conferences, disability awareness training and access audits.
Desirable outcomes of of WORKSTEP: user and provider views
- Authors:
- MEAH Angela, THORNTON Patricia
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 110p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In this report disabled people said it was important to set themselves goals and experience achieving them. Achieving things through their jobs, they said, encouraged them to set goals outside work, like learning to travel independently or to drive. Going to work gave disabled people the chance to meet new people and make friends. This was especially important to people with learning disabilities who complained of feeling bored when ‘stuck at home’. The routine of work was important to people with mental health conditions. They said it offered a distraction from their condition and gave them a sense of an ‘ordinary life’. Disabled people said that having a job was a sign of ‘wellness’ and getting on with life.
Transparent or opaque?: disabled people in Scotland describe their experience of applying for Disability Living Allowance
- Authors:
- BANKS Pauline, LAWRENCE Maggie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 5(3), December 2005, pp.299-317.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a UK social security benefit designed to meet the extra costs associated with disability. It has been suggested that some people with disabilities who are eligible for DLA do not claim the benefit, and amongst those who do claim there are inconsistencies of award decision-making. The aim of this research was to establish the level of knowledge relating to DLA amongst disabled people in Scotland and to explore the process of application from the perspective of those involved. Questionnaires were distributed through voluntary organizations. Six hundred and six completed questionnaires were received. Almost all respondents (97%) found the form difficult to complete. Many respondents indicated that they could not have completed the forms themselves, particularly those with learning disabilities, mental health problems and/or difficulty concentrating. Many applicants believed that decisions were inconsistent and often based on inadequate understanding of individual circumstances. A significant number of applicants (42.9%) who were subsequently awarded the benefit were turned down on their first application. The findings of this study suggest that the Scottish Parliament should ensure that disabled people have access to advice and guidance about welfare benefits irrespective of whether potential applicants are in contact with social work departments. More generally, the findings prompt questions about how the additional costs associated with disability are managed elsewhere. Social workers should be proactive in providing information and advice relating to welfare benefits in Scotland and in other countries.
Emancipatory research methodology and disability: a critique
- Authors:
- DANIELLI Ardha, WOODHAMS CAROL
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(4), October 2005, pp.281-296.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper questions the prescription of emancipatory participatory research for studying disability espoused by some disability researchers and activists. It argues that the advocacy of participatory and emancipatory research can be criticised on several grounds including problems of internal inconsistency and contradiction, an overly selective use of the works of feminist researchers and that research using such an approach could constitute an exercise of power that potentially marginalises some voices and potentially oppresses some disabled people and researchers. Ultimately, it is suggested, the emancipatory paradigm may serve to undermine the generation of knowledge that can be used by disabled people for self-emancipation. The paper concludes that rather than prescribe emancipatory research as the only legitimate methodology for disability research, disability writers should, as feminists have in researching gender, adopt a more pluralist and eclectic approach to theorising and researching disability.
Who do disabled people think they are?
- Author:
- FLETCHER Agnes
- Journal article citation:
- New Bulletin, 355, November 2005, pp.19-21.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
In 2004 the Disability Rights Commission commissioned some research questions which asked disabled people about the impact their condition had on them, what they feel and say about it and their attitudes towards disability discrimination and disability rights. The study highlighted three groups - the 'unaffected', the 'dealing', the 'hiding' and the 'bothered'. The article highlights the priorities for the Disability Rights Commission in terms of targeting its information and finding the right way to talk to people.
An 80 per cent employment rate
- Author:
- EXCELL Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 122, Autumn 2005, pp.5-9.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
The government wants to raise the UK employment rate to 80 per cent. The author warns that any attempt to rush things, or to put unfair pressure on disabled people and other disadvantaged claimants, willl doom the achievable plan to failure.
Mencap response to consultation into the proposed Care Services Improvement Partnership
- Author:
- CONGDON David
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Care Services Improvement Partnership was to have been created to support improvement and development across a range of services across health (including prison health) and local government, for children, adults and older people, including those experiencing mental distress, physical disability or learning disability.
Should disabled people give incapacity benefit reform the green light?
- Author:
- POLLARD Jim.
- Journal article citation:
- New Bulletin, 354, September 2005, pp.16-19.
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
The government's green paper on incapacity benefit reform is expected this autumn. The author gives an overview of what we can expect, and highlights RADAR's views and concerns.
Elder disability as an explanation for racial differences in informal home care
- Authors:
- LI Lydia W., FRIES Brant E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 45(2), April 2005, pp.2-6-215.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and disability levels, this study examines whether differences exist in the structure and function of community-dwelling Black and White frail elders' informal care networks. Data from in-person assessments of Michigan's Home and Community-Based Medicaid Waiver applicants were analyzed. The sample consisted of 936 Black and 3,182 White frail elderly persons. When sociodemographic characteristics were controlled for, racial differences were found in all informal care components except out-of-home chores. Differences in functional components (amount of care, scope of assistance, and personal care) were largely accounted for by disability, whereas racial differences in the structural components (source of care, living arrangement, and sole caregiver) and in-home chores were not. Findings suggest that Black elders are not better off than White elders in the receipt of informal care. Although Black elders receive more informal help, this difference is primarily because of level of disability. This study calls for heightened awareness of disability among low-income Black elders and the potential burden experienced by their caregivers