“Making disability information accessible to individuals from Black & Minority Ethnic groups”
A review of current findings and thinking
June 2008
SID (Social Information on Disability)
as part of an
EHRC (Equality & Human Rights Commission)
funded project
APPENDIX 3 Research
Demographics
Census 2001 Office of National Statistics
Surrey Infrastructure Development Plan
‘Consultation with BME Communities’ for Surrey Supporting People Team, Surrey County Council, carried out by PS Consultants
North Harbour Consulting Ltd on behalf of the Surrey ChangeUp Consortium
Cultural perceptions & misconceptions
Reaching Out: Working with Black and Ethnic Minority Groups - Birmingham MENCAP (2006) (in PDF format)
On the edge: Minority ethnic families caring for a severely disabled child (1999)
Language & communication issues
Accessing information
‘Consultation with BME Communities’ for Surrey Supporting People Team, Surrey County Council, carried out by PS Consultants
Rural communities
Listening to the Voice (in PDF format)
Travellers & gypsies
Health Status of Gypsies and Travellers in England
Making a Difference
Older people
Delivering Benefits & Services for Black & Minority Ethnic Older People (in PDF format)
Age Concern Information and Advice Services for black and minority ethnic older people - A Strategy for London October 2002 (in PDF format)
Disabled children & their families
The Family Fund Annual Activity Report 2003/04, Family Fund, York
On the edge: Minority ethnic families caring for a severely disabled child (1999)
Carers
2006 Bath and North East Somerset Council undertook a Black and Minority Ethnic Carers Access Research Project
Deaf people
Deaf people from minority ethnic groups: initiatives and services
Deafness and ethnicity: Services, policy and politics, by Waqar Ahmad, Aliya Darr, Lesley Jones and Gohar Nisar
People with a visual impairment
Improving the Access of Ethnic Minority Visually Impaired People to Appropriate Services (Thomas Pocklington Research)
Spreading the Word - Henshaw's Society for Blind People research project
People with a learning disability
Improving services for people with learning disabilities (in PDF format), compiled by Chris Hatton, professor of psychology for Health Research at Lancaster University (2005)
Children with a learning disability from black and minority ethnic communities (BME) Chance for Change (2005) (in PDF format) Mencap submission
Carers of people with learning disabilities
Reaching Out: Working with Black and Ethnic Minority Groups (in PDF format) - Birmingham MENCAP (2006)
Autism
Missing out? Autism, education and ethnicity: the reality for families today in 2007 (in PDF format) - The National Autistic Association
Autism and the Ethnic Minorities (2002) by Ivan Corea
People with mental health difficulties
Rethink factsheet - Black and Minority Ethnic communities and mental health
Race Equality Impact Assessment - Mental Health Alliance
‘Consultation with BME Communities for Surrey Supporting People Team, Surrey County Council’, May 2005, carried out by PS Consultants
Refugee & asylum-seekers
Disabled people in refugee and asylum-seeking communities in Britain
Health issues for BME communities
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