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South Asian disabled young people and their families
- Authors:
- HUSSAIN Ysmin, ATKIN Karl, AHMAD Waqar
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 33p,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Focusing on young disabled Asian people and their families, this report presents evidence of how they experience disability, and how they are treated in the context of family relationships. The report questions the relevance of the social model of disability to the experience of young disabled Asian people, and addresses weaknesses un current policy and practice. Contents include: young people's views on identity, religion and culture; views on marriage and the family; disabling barriers and racism at work and home; using the services; implications for policy and research.