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Forging a new identity
- Author:
- VERNON Maxine
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.2.02, 2002, p.38.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the winner of the Community Care awards 2001 disability category is encouraging disabled people to acquire new skills and to develop their self-respect where needed.
Definitions of need: can disabled people and care professionals agree?
- Authors:
- ALLAN J. Sim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(1), February 1998, pp.53-74.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines the ideological frames of reference that inform the definitions of need are used by disabled and non-disabled people. Aims to test the degree of congruence of the non-disabled view of need with that of disabled people. Seeks to explore the multidimensional contexts in which individuals operate based upon a deconstruction of the medical/social locus of control model.
Diversity in disability: exploring the interactions between disability, ethnicity, age, gender and sexuaity
- Authors:
- MOLLOY Donna, KNIGHT Tim, WOODFIELD Kandy
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 212p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report explores diversity in disability. It examines the complex relationships between disability and other aspects of identity, chiefly: ethnicity, gender, age and sexuality. Based on qualitative research with disabled people itprovides evidence about the interaction of different characteristics on disabled peoples’ everyday lives and perceptions of self-identity. It explores the salience of concepts such as ‘compounded’ or ‘multiple’ disadvantage to the everyday lives of disabled people from diverse social groups and discusses if, how and why different aspects of diversity affect people’s everyday experiences.
Life as a disabled child: a qualitative study of young people's experiences and perspectives
- Authors:
- WATSON Nick, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Edinburgh
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The main aim of this report is to explore young disabled children's experiences and their perceptions of impairment; of services; and of their social relationships with family, peers and professionals. The authors also sought to examine the role of structural and cultural factors in shaping children's experiences; to make recommendations relevant to policy and practice and to develop appropriate methodological approaches for researching the experiences of young people with a range of impairments.
Completing the story: connecting relational and psychological processes of exclusion
- Author:
- VECK Wayne
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(5), August 2002, pp.529-540.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article describes how the author's approach to investigating youth transitions and social exclusion, shifted when conducting a case study about a mature student in transition from a further education college. Having relayed the findings of a study about his experiences of social exclusion, the author reveals how he began to know the client in his own right, to grasp his feelings and views about his life, and to show how this caused his client to become a participator in and not merely the subject of the study about his life.