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Human rights and disability: the current use and future potential of United Nations human rights instruments in the context of disability
- Authors:
- QUINN Gerard, et al
- Publisher:
- United Nations
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 184p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This study looks at the current use and future potential of the United Nations human rights instruments in the specific field of disability. The world has seen a shift in perspective over the past two decades, from viewing people with disabilities as problems, towards viewing them as holders of rights. The study analyses this development in three parts. The first part covers the nature of the shift to the human rights framework of reference in the context of disability. The second part is an evaluation of the current use of the United Nations human rights instruments, providing a detailed analysis of the actual and potential relevance of each of the human rights treaties in the context of disability. The final part outlines options for the future. It contains the author’s analysis of a detailed questionnaire sent to disability NGOs around the work and sets out a range of observations, comments and recommendations designed to enhance the future use of the United Nations human rights system in the context of disability.
Towards personal independence
- Author:
- COWLEY Dawn
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 161, February 2002, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Reports on the Independent Activities Project (IAP) a Hounslow-based pilot scheme to empower adults with a physical and/or sensory disability to take control of their lives and play an active part in the local community.
Kaiser Permanente’s manifesto 2005 demonstration: the promises and limits of devolution
- Authors:
- LEUTZ Walter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 14(3/4), 2002, pp.233-243.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In 1996, the eight-million member Kaiser Permanente HMO adopted a vision statement that said by 2005 it would expand its services to include home- and community-based services for its members with disabilities. It funded a 3-year, 32-site demonstration that showed that it was feasible to link HMO services with existing home- and community-based (HCB) services and that members appreciated the improved coordination and access. This private-sector project showed that devolution can produce innovative and feasible models of care, but it also showed that without federal financial and regulatory support, such models are unlikely to take hold if they are focused on “unprofitable” populations, for example, those who are chronically ill, poor, and/or disabled. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Same difference? Older people's organisations and disability issues
- Authors:
- PRIESTLEY Mark, RABIEE Parvaneh
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(6), October 2002, pp.597-611.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article addresses some important areas of commonality in the political interests of older and disabled people. It reports findings from survey and interview research with local organisations representing older people, and their engagement with disability issues. The authors review similarities in the claims and mobilisation of older and disabled people, and by reviewing the groups that participated in the study. The main part of the article identifies substantive policy issues that were perceived as important to older people. Here, there are considerable areas of overlap with the claims of disabled people's organisations (for example, in relation to information, independent living, accessible housing, transport, social support, and incomes).
Disabled people voluntary organisations and participation in policy making
- Author:
- DRAKE Robert F.
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.373-385.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Traditional disability charities have enjoyed significant access to government and have asserted the legitimacy of their participation on the basis of representing a constituency comprising disabled people and carers. However, many disabled people have declared their own preference for self-representation and have rejected the interposition of the traditional disability charities between themselves and government. The purpose of the article is to document the barriers that continue to obstruct disabled people"s access to policy making.
Working with families whose children have disabilities: service provision by Jewish and Arab Israeli social workers
- Authors:
- SCHARTZ Chaya, DUVDEVANY Ilana, AZAIZA Faisal
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 45(3), July 2002, pp.353-373.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article presents a pilot study that examined the characteristics and functioning of Israeli social workers who work with families whose children have disabilities. The survey includes Jewish and Arab populations in different settings, governmental services, municipal services and voluntary ones. The article presents the characteristics of the workers, the patterns of service provision and a comparison between Jewish and Arab social workers.
Older people and participation within disabled facilities grant processes
- Author:
- AWANG Darren
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(6), June 2002, pp.261-268.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article presents a qualitative study examining the perceptions of older people using Disabled Facilities Grants to acquire home adaptations. The participatory processes of two local authorities and a Care and Repair agency. Data collection included semi-structured interviews with nine service users and seven key adaptation agency workers, in addition to the examination of agency documentation. The findings demonstrated that the publicity of grants was poor. Service users' experiences varied depending on the levels of support that were available. In addition to paper-based feedback methods, examples of organisational participative mechanism included a disability forum and a service user group. There was no specific mechanism adopted primarily for older people. Overall, the participatory levels were low, with emphasis on sensitising services to users' needs (agency controlled) rather than on moves towards greater democratic involvement (user controlled). Calls for further work to encourage older people participation in shaping and controlling service delivery thereby improving the quality of practice in this area.
Adopting a child: a guide for people interested in adoption
- Author:
- LORD Jenifer
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 124p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 6th
Although the number of looked after children who are adopted has risen in recent years, it still represents a tiny proportion, about five per cent, of all looked after children. Approximately 5,500 children were adopted in the year to March 2001 in the United Kingdom. Almost two-thirds of these were children who had been looked after by a local authority. The others were predominately children adopted by their parent and step-parent, and about 300 were children who have been brought from overseas and adopted by people living in the United Kingdom. Topics are addressed to step families considering adoption, to people considering adopting from overseas, and to meeting children's needs through fostering.