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Enabling rights
- Author:
- SIMS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 1.6.04, 2004, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
With a new draft Disability Discrimination Bill published last December and on its way to parliament, examines the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
An advocate for care
- Author:
- OXTOBY Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 1.08.06, 2006, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The author explains the development of a disability nurse specialist, whose post was developed to improve the hospital experience of people with disabilities and the nurses caring for them.
Disability rights in practice: the relationship between human rights and social rights in contemporary social care
- Author:
- ELLIS Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(7), December 2005, pp.691-704.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Using the contemporary arena of social care as an example, this article challenges the either/or dichotomy set up by some disability writers and activists between the favoured civil and human rights on the one hand and discredited social rights on the other. This article draws on the example of social care in England to argue that this is an approach that not only misreads the true nature of civil and human rights, but also limits the possibilities for using the 1998 Human Rights Act to place pressure on both local authorities and professional assessors for the resources necessary to transform civil and human rights into practical realities. In particular, the potential for expanding disabled people’s social rights to both direct services and direct payments by enforcing the positive obligations on public authorities conferred by human rights legislation and challenging rationing regimes.
Barrier nursing
- Author:
- MUNRO Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 17.2.99, 1999, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
England football manager Glenn Hoddle's attitude to people with disabilities outraged the nation. The author asks where nurses stand on the issue and looks at their role in breaking down negative stereotypes.
Disability and adult education: the consumer view
- Author:
- PREECE Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 10(1), 1995, pp.87-102.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Developments in recent years have shown an increasing interest in the educational needs and aspirations of disabled adults. There is still, however, limited research information representing the disabled person's voice. This paper describes the outcomes from a survey of the educational experiences of 44 physically disabled adults in the North West of England. The findings indicated that, usually, the earlier someone has acquired a disability, the less likely they were, as adults, to have achieved professional or higher qualifications, and that the level of attendance reflect both attitudinal and practical access issues, with underachievement often the result of oppression from a variety of sources. Both positive and negative experiences from disabled adults form the basis of recommendations for an equal opportunities approach to adult education for disabled people around the themes of integration, self worth, empowerment and consultation.