“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
Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Background
- The EHRC funded project
- The literature review & report
- Demographics
- National
- South East Region
- Surrey
- Issues across ethnic and disability groups
- Equality & diversity – history & legislation
- Cultural perceptions & misconceptions
- Language & communication issues
- Accessing information
- Specific groups facing dual disadvantage in accessing information
- Rural communities
- Travellers & gypsies
- Older people
- Disabled children & their families
- Carers
- Deaf people
- People with a visual impairment
- People with a learning disability, and their carers
- Children & adults with autism
- People with mental health difficulties
- Refugees & asylum seekers
- Health issues for BME communities
- Conclusions
- Specific issues for specific groups
- Key issues
- Examples of good practice
- Appendix 1 - Background to the Project
- Appendix 2 - Identified focus areas for the project
- Appendix 3 - Research
- Appendix 4 - Surrey Population figures by Ethnic Grouping
The full document is available to download as a PDF 
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