Author : Chris Hatton
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1843101610
Social workers will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture how culture and ethnicity can impact on a family's experience of disability.
Author : Shridevi Rao
Publisher : Disability Studies in Education
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,96 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Critical pedagogy
ISBN : 9781433119101
Situated in an interdisciplinary perspective that spans areas such as cultural studies, law, disability studies in education, sociology, and historiography, South Asia and Disability Studies presents a rich and complex understanding of the disability experience in South Asia.
Author : Sonali Shah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134789831
Recent policies and government initiatives in many Western countries have strengthened the expectation that young disabled people have the right to be involved in decisions affecting their futures. Many of the choices that are currently taken out of young disabled people’s hands, including those relating to education and future employment, are now being viewed as an opportunity to encourage participation in the decision making process. Sonali Shah uses a comparative study of young disabled students within mainstream and special education to determine the influence these recent policies will have on the realization of their long term goals. Young Disabled People: Aspirations, Choices and Constraints will be essential reading for academics in the fields of education, disability studies and employment policy. It will also be valuable to policy makers and teaching and careers professionals.
Author : Janet Read
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 29,17 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 1843102803
Now in its completely updated second edition, this accessible guide provides essential information about how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development for disabled children and young people. The authors take an anti-discriminatory and inclusive approach that involves parents and children in decision-making and advocacy. They summarise recent research on common needs and problems of disabled children, young adults and their families, and what support services are valued by them. Individual chapters cover issues affecting children at different stages in the lifecourse, including receiving diagnosis, ensuring educational and social inclusion, and establishing autonomy and independence in early adulthood. The overlapping legal responsibilities of social services, health and education are explained and changes arising from the Children Act 2004 are highlighted. Disabled Children and the Law is an essential reference for practitioners, policy makers, students and families.
Author : Morris, Kate
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 2009-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1861349661
Many policy and practice initiatives that aim to prevent social exclusion focus on children and young people. This book seeks to consider new approaches to understanding the complexities of prevention, and how these new understandings can inform policy and practice. The authors use evidence from the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund to illustrate and explore the experiences of children and families who are most marginalised. They consider the historical context of approaches to child welfare, and present a new framework for understanding and developing preventative polices and practice within the context of social exclusion. Preventative initiatives such as the Children's Fund have supported large-scale complex evaluations that have generated rich and important data about strategies for addressing social exclusion and what they can achieve. The findings of this book have direct relevance for all those engaged in developing preventative policy and practice and will therefore be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and students of child welfare and social policy more broadly, in providing a timely discussion of key debates in designing, delivering and commissioning preventative services.
Author : Alice Wong
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,23 MB
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1984899430
“Disability rights activist Alice Wong brings tough conversations to the forefront of society with this anthology. It sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. It's an eye-opening collection that readers will revisit time and time again.” —Chicago Tribune One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, From Harriet McBryde Johnson’s account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.
Author : Martin Richard Bollard
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 21,72 MB
Release : 2009-01-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702037850
This book provides a unique insight into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities trying to access mainstream health and social services and by the professionals who are trying to provide them. The combination of professional perspectives and viewpoints of people with learning disabilities themselves creates an authoritative explanation of why this group of people face the barriers they do. The contributors critique these barriers and also offer potential solutions to overcoming them. - Personal reflections written by people with learning disablities on their experiences of accessing health and social care services - Comprehensive coverage of policy in the four UK countries - Comprehensive analysis by subject experts of practice in a range of areas, from acute health care through mental health to leisure and housing provision - Accessible summaries at the end of each chapter including text for people with learning disablities
Author : Christopher Colclough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 36,1 MB
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 041553304X
This text arises out of a five year research programme examining the impact of education on the lives and livelihoods of people in developing countries. The book presents theoretical and empirical knowledge that will help to improve education and poverty reduction strategies in developing countries.
Author : Sheila Riddell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 131790446X
Disabilities, Culture and Identity is a succinct and accessible presentation of current research on disability, culture and identity. It is an ideal text for students and lecturers alike studying and working in the areas of Disability Studies and Social Policy. Disabilities, Culture and Identity provides a comprehensive and well-structured introduction to an area of growing importance. The authors provide up-to-date and extensive coverage of the development of thinking on cultures of disability, including those relating to people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems and people with learning difficulties Also covered in detail are critical areas in disability studies including: Development of the social model of disability Disability and the politics of social justice Disability and theories of culture and media Disability, ethnicity and generation The policy options for empowering disabled people, and how the disabled are empowering themselves The disability arts movement Media treatment of disability
Author : Yasmin Hussain
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 10,28 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1861343264
This report focuses on young, disabled Asian people and their families and their experiences of disability and community care. The book explores the experience of disability in family relationships, and addresses weaknesses in policy and practice.
