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Open to all-comers
- Author:
- WREN Jen
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Management, 30, Autumn 1999, pp.8-9.
The implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act could mean the biggest overhaul of services seen in local government for many years. Explains some of the implications and how local authorities can achieve some real results.
Independent living and the Human Rights Act 1998
- Author:
- PARKER Camilla
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper has been commissioned by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) and Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Its purpose is to assist the work of these three organisations in promoting independent living for disabled people by: identifying areas of social care policy and practice that are of relevance to independent living and the human rights of disabled people; considering the opportunities created by the Human Rights Act 1998 (the HRA) to promote independent living; and in the light of this analysis, suggesting future research in social care practice.
Growing gains
- Authors:
- ROONEY Chris, CHAMBERLAIN M Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.2.98, 1998, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors explain how the Leeds Young Adult Team supports young disabled people in the sometimes difficult move towards independence and adulthood.
Anti-discriminatory practice: getting things right
- Author:
- GILLESPIE-SELLS Kath
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.3.94, 1994, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Gives a disabled lesbian's view point on how her needs are being met. Calls for anti-discriminatory practice to be standardised.
Disabled people and social justice
- Author:
- MASSIE Bert
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 34p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Paper examining the institutional and personal discrimination faced by disabled people and proposes solutions. Also considers the financial hardships which many disabled people experience and the way in which social services are often provided in a manner which deprives the disabled recipients of control and dignity. Suggests how provision could be improved within current resources.
America's disability policy: another double standard?
- Author:
- QUINN Peggy
- Journal article citation:
- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 9(1), Spring 1994, pp.45-59.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Women with disabilities face a dilemma because disability policy does not take gender into account and gender is viewed by society as doubling women's dependence. Social workers should be prepared to assist women with disabilities to obtain services and benefits and to ensure that they are included in the movement for equal value and equal acceptance. This article reviews some economic and social effects of disability policy and includes a list of questions that social workers can ask to help them determine which services will be most helpful to their female clients with disabilities.
Local authorities anti-discrimination code of practice
- Author:
- LONDON BOROUGHS DISABILITY RESOURCE TEAM
- Publisher:
- London Boroughs Disability Resource Team
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Intended to provide practical suggestions on basic steps that need to be taken by local authorities to provide equal opportunities and improve services for people with disabilities.
Will community-based support services make direct payments a viable option for black and minority ethnic service users and carers?
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, STUART Ossie
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This discussion paper considers the characteristics of social care organisations that successfully promote diversity, and explores research on barriers to promoting diversity, as well as how these can be overcome. After exploring use of the term ‘diversity’, the authors suggest that diversity is used to mean taking account of the complexities of the lives of individuals and of groups of people, and the impact of these complexities on their experience of discrimination and disadvantage. In this context, the focus is on black and minority ethnic people as a group with multiple identities. So an organisation that successfully promotes diversity will take account of age, disability, gender and ‘race’ issues. In practice this could mean extending choice and control to a disabled Asian woman wanting to live ‘independently’ in an extension to her parents’ home, as well as to a 70-year-old Caribbean man with chronic arthritis living on his own in a council flat. This discussion paper draws on census data to demonstrate higher rates of long-term limiting illness and disability among black and minority ethnic communities in comparison to white communities, and in women in these communities more than men. This data is supplemented by evidence of a greater risk of unemployment and lower incomes amongst black and minority ethnic groups, and of poorer-quality housing. Black and minority ethnic communities are also less likely to benefit from a range of government initiatives that deal with social exclusion.
Race equality discussion papers
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, BUTT Jabeer, PATEL Bharti, STUART Ossie
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 73p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This discussion paper considers the characteristics of social care organisations that successfully promote diversity, and explores research on barriers to promoting diversity, as well as how these can be overcome. After exploring use of the term ‘diversity’, the authors suggest that diversity is used to mean taking account of the complexities of the lives of individuals and of groups of people, and the impact of these complexities on their experience of discrimination and disadvantage. In this context, the focus is on black and minority ethnic people as a group with multiple identities. So an organisation that successfully promotes diversity will take account of age, disability, gender and ‘race’ issues. In practice this could mean extending choice and control to a disabled Asian woman wanting to live ‘independently’ in an extension to her parents’ home, as well as to a 70-year-old Caribbean man with chronic arthritis living on his own in a council flat. This discussion paper draws on census data to demonstrate higher rates of longterm limiting illness and disability among black and minority ethnic communities in comparison to white communities, and in women in these communities more than men. This data is supplemented by evidence of a greater risk of unemployment and lower incomes amongst black and minority ethnic groups, and of poorer-quality housing. Black and minority ethnic communities are also less likely to benefit from a range of government initiatives that deal with social exclusion.
Improving the life chances of disabled people: analytical report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office. Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The overall aim of this project is to identify and propose policies which will remove barriers and improve outcomes for disabled people. Disabled people are faring less well than non-disabled people across a range of indicators and opportunities. There are particular concerns about the support available to disabled people at key transition points in life - and about outcomes for specific groups of disabled people. Many services are in place, but these can be fragmented and their effectiveness may in some cases be low. In the light of this evidence, the aims of this project are: to assess the extent to which disabled people are experiencing adverse economic and social outcomes in the UK; to identify why this is happening, and what are its implications; and to assess what could be done to improve the situation.