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Understanding emerging disabilities
- Authors:
- FOX Michael H., KIM Kyung Mee
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(4), June 2004, pp.323-337.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This research seeks to understand social and environmental characteristics that distinguish emerging from traditional disability populations. The authors qualitatively analysed how emerging disabilities are understood by persons with disabilities, and used these themes with a public use data source to analyse differences between emerging and traditional disabilities. Findings first illustrate the difficulty in diagnosing and categorizing emerging disabilities. This is true for both persons who have these conditions and medical personnel who are expected to interpret them. Compared with persons with traditional disabilities, persons with emerging disabilities had less education, greater difficulties with activities of daily living, lower income, less private insurance, more frequent medical care and were less likely to work. The picture emerges of that of an underclass within society. There is an ongoing need for a referral and support system with greater recognition and acceptance of all disabilities, especially within independent living centers and among employers.
An inclusive future: disability, social change and opportunities for greater inclusion by 2010
- Authors:
- CHRISTIE Ian, MENSAH-COKER Gavin
- Publisher:
- DEMOS
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 110p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Changes in technology, society and the economy are creating new scope for progress in removing the barriers to equal opportunities for disabled people. This report explores how these changes can be exploited in the workplace, in education, and in the design of the built environment. Argues that the modernisation of Britain's businesses and public infrastructure over the next ten to fifteen years could create an unprecedented opportunity for disabled people and disability organisations.
Sustaining community inclusion for people with profound disabilities: opportunities and barriers; the findings of a seminar held in Dundee, 5-6 July 1996
- Author:
- ENABLE
- Publisher:
- ENABLE
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Paper based on a 2 day round table discussion by delegates from the European Union, held in Dundee and focusing on inclusion in every day life of people with profound and multiple disabilities.
Environmental barriers experienced by urban and rural disabled people in South Africa
- Authors:
- MAAT S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 22(4), June 2007, pp.357-369.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this study was to investigate the experience of disabled people with regard to environmental barriers in an urban as opposed to a rural setting. The specific objectives were to identify which items within the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) checklist of environmental factors presented people with disability with the most barriers and to see whether the barriers were different for those living in a rural as opposed to an urban setting. The study was conducted amongst Xhosa speaking people in the Eastern and Western Cape areas of South Africa which have, respectively, 5.8% and 4.1% disability prevalences. A descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study was used to gather the data. The primary data collection tool was the Xhosa version of the ICF checklist. The sample consisted of 468 respondents, with 375 living in the Eastern Cape and 93 in the Western Cape. Physical problems were reported by 54.6 % of the sample, 14.6% had had an intellectual impairment and 9.9% had visual, hearing or speech problems. Approximately 2% of the sample reported more than one impairment. The prevalence of the different types of impairments between the two areas was similar. Respondents from the urban area reported experiencing more barriers in the categories Products and technology and the Natural and built environment, while respondents from the rural area experienced more barriers with Attitudes. An equivalent number of people in the respective areas identified barriers in the Services category. In this study the face and construct validity of the ICF appeared to be acceptable and it is recommended that further studies be conducted to establish the reliability and content and concurrent validity of the instrument.
Childhood risks and protective factors in social exclusion
- Author:
- BYNNER John
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 15(5), November 2001, pp.285-301.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Combating social exclusion is a dominant theme in the current policy agenda. This paper draws together a dialogue between the idea of risk and social exclusion. With reference to the research literatures the nature of social exclusion and the risk factors and protective factors for children are discussed.