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Shut out
- Author:
- KNIGHT John
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.12.94, 1994, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Leonard Cheshire Foundation's survey of service users reveals massive support for government action to outlaw discrimination against disabled people. Disabled people who took part in the survey expressed their views and spoke about - their experiences of discrimination, especially in employment.
Disabled in Britain: a world apart
- Authors:
- LAMB Brian, LAYZELL Sarah
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 73p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents a picture of the hopes, needs and aspirations of disabled people in Britain, raising fundamental questions about disabled people's exclusion from many areas of life.
Access all areas?
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 04.05.06, 2006, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author joins wheelchair user Cynthia Fairbairn on a day trip to some of London's stores and attraction to find out how accessible London has become for disabled people since the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. She finds grounds for hope amid the hassle.
Working with disabled people for inclusive access
- Authors:
- BASHALL Ruth, STUART Ossie, PURESH Danny
- Publisher:
- Greater London Authority
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 137p.
- Place of publication:
- London
From October 2004 statutory and voluntary organisations across London will face new duties under the Disability Discrimination Act to make their buildings and services accessible to disabled people. The Mayor is committed to London becoming accessible and inclusive particularly people who are excluded from our built environment through inaccessible design, poor management and inadequate information. Disabled people in particular continue to be excluded, disadvantaged and discriminated against and are frequently denied the opportunity to participate fully as equal citizens in our society. Part 1 describes how access affects local councils, health authorities and community organisations. Part 2 explains how to consult disabled people.
Where are the children's experiences? Analysing social and cultural exclusion in 'special' and 'mainstream' schools
- Authors:
- DAVIS J.M., WATSON N.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(5), August 2001, pp.671-687.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article employs ethnographic data to illustrate that disabled children encounter discriminatory notions of 'normality' and 'difference' in both 'special' and 'mainstream' schools, and that these experiences relate to both the structural forces in schools, and the everyday individual and cultural practices of adults and children. In contrast to much of the literature in the field, this article examines the everyday life experiences of adults and disabled children from their own perspective. Highlights disabled children's own criticisms of 'special' and 'mainstream' schools to illustrate the fluid nature of disabled children's lives within educational settings. Argues that schools will be prevented from becoming fully inclusive until adults who control schools take account of children's views of specific educational processes and until educational policy makers adopt a more nuanced multi-level approach to inclusion. Children should be enabled to challenge the structural, cultural and individual conditions which create disability.
Disability, the family and society: listening to mothers
- Author:
- READ Janet
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 149p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Explores caring for a disabled child from the mother's perspective, looking at ways in which mothers find themselves acting as mediators between their children and a world that can be hostile to their interests. Begins with an examination of a study in which mothers from diverse backgrounds detail the ways in which they attempt to represent their children to the world, and the world to their children in both formal and informal interactions. These experiences and perspectives are linked to wider research and theory on motherhood and caring, the life patterns of disabled children and their families, and the discrimination faced by disabled children and adults.
Discrimination: what disabled people say
- Authors:
- SAMPLE Paul, KNIGHT John
- Publisher:
- Leonard Cheshire Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Stop press!: how the press portrays disabled people
- Authors:
- COOKE Caroline, DAONE Liz, MORRIS Gwilym
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Television and the newspapers also have a strong influence on the way we think, so it is important to be aware of the language used in press reports. This often carries subtle messages about the subject that we may not even realise are there. Scope, the charity that works with people who have cerebral palsy, carried out an eight-week study of local and national papers in 1991. It found that there was a clear pattern to disability stories. For example, there were no disabled sports stories in the sports pages of any national newspaper, except for one story about a disabled horse-rider. However, disabled sports people who 'managed to take part in sport 'despite their disability did appear in other sections of the paper. There was very little coverage of the way society treats people with disabilities. And there were very few stories written by or for people with disabilities, despite the fact that there are over 8 million disabled adults in the UK.
Acting against discrimination
- Author:
- KINRADE Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Nurse, 18(12), August 2003, pp.714-715.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Reports on a survey which interviewed people with a variety of disabilities on their experiences in hospital. Results revealed that their needs were often not met and that they felt staff had negative views of disabled people.
Life as a young 'ventilator dependent' person
- Author:
- NOYES Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 13(2), November 1999, pp.177-190.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article draws on a study exploring young 'ventilator dependent' peoples' views and experiences of the care and services they receive. They described their lives as being characterised by discrimination, poorly organised and inadequate services, violation of their human rights, social exclusion and in many cases inadequate education. From the findings of this study a number of questions are posed on behalf of the young people for commissioners and providers of services to address.