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Models of disability in the labelling and attitudinal discourse in Ghana
- Author:
- AVOKE Mawutor
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(7), December 2002, pp.769-777.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article considers the labelling of people with 'mental retardation' in Ghana against the background of the major underpinning models of disability. The influences of these models on individuals and on services and provisions are discussed. It is argued that traditional and religious beliefs, in addition to present day attitudes within the community, are influences on the perception of 'mental retardation' in Ghana
The experience of disability from the perspective of parents of children with profound impairment: is it time for an alternative model of disability?
- Author:
- BRETT Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(7), December 2002, pp.825-843.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article considers the significance of a model of disability in relation to the child with profound impairment and examines the individual and social models of disability in connection with this. It is argued that although these two models cannot be completely dismissed, the models largely ignore the experience and perspective of the profoundly impaired child, their parent(s) and family. This article endeavours to inform an alternative model of disability, the 'Alliance' or cooperative model between child, parent and carer.
Living with disfigurement
- Author:
- NEWELL Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 9.4.02, 2002, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Examines the effect of disfigurement on body image, the social attitudes to those with disfigurement and the coping strategies employed by those affected. Also looks at the fear-avoidance model of psychosocial difficulties following disfigurement.
Is what you need what you really want?
- Author:
- STEVENS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 15(3), 2002, pp.9-10.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Need is good and want is bad is the first lesson of care manager, says the author. But when it comes to the supply of personal care products, shouldn't disabled people be involved in choosing them? However argues that disabled people should be involved in choosing their own personal care products.
Participation: north and south; new ideas in participatory development from India and the UK
- Authors:
- MERRIFIELD Juliet, et al
- Publisher:
- Elfrida Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 52p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
These lectures review participatory development and joint worrking in social services, education and other provisions in developed and developing countries. Contents include: lessons from anti-oppressive movements; learning and cotizenship; overcoming disability; and participatory processes in the North, lessons from the South.
Linking aging theory and disability models: increasing the potential to explore aging with physical impairment
- Author:
- PUTNAM Michelle
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(6), December 2002, pp.799-806.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Most social theories of aging do not directly address aging with physical impairment or the cumulative experience of disability over the life course. Potential exists for social theories of aging to be applied to the experience of aging with physical impairment. To do so, physical impairment and disability must be clearly operationalised. The author suggests using social models of disability as frameworks in this process and provides examples of how this might be done with current social theories of aging.
Disabled by design
- Author:
- BENNETT Una
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(7), December 2002, pp.809-823.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper describes and analyses the author's attempts to engage in a user-led design/research process.
A Supported employment workbook: individual profiling and job matching
- Author:
- LEACH Steve
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 221p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
For all job developers in the disability and employment field, this workbook presents strategies based on real situations. It emphasises the importance of self determination, ensuring that the individual makes his/her own choices to determine a future career. Contents include: the supported employment process; initial contact; the vocational profile; job searching and marketing; job analysis; support review process; progression to unsupported employment.
Looking for a better way to care for children: cooperation between the state and civil society in China
- Author:
- SHANG Xiaoyuan
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 76(2), June 2002, pp.203-228.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
Orphaned or abandoned children, most of them also disabled, are the most vulnerable group in Chinese society. This article examines the new policy movement in China, from institutional care to foster care. Argues that moving to foster care should cost the government little more than it spends now, but it could lead to a revolutionary change in the system of supporting these children. Both international and domestic nongovernment organisations have been actively involved in the process.
Information that informs rather than alienates families with disabled children developing a model of good practice
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Wendy, SLOPER Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 10(2), March 2002, pp.74-81.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The provision of information and the importance of keeping families informed is frequently viewed as a significant factor within both the concept of empowerment and the facilitation of enabling and participatory processes for service users and their families. This article looks at how parents would like to receive this information and also discusses the empowering potential of user-friendly information. The article draws on data collected from a focus group discussions with parents caring for children with a range of disabilities or chronic illness. In particular it examines the criteria by which parents judge the quality of information and their ideas as to what constitutes good practice, especially in terms of how information is presented, its content and the way it is delivered. Using these ideas and criteria, the paper begins to develop a model of good information practice that is both three-dimensional and personally interactive.