Title:

Living with Disability

Publish Date:

September 2010

ISBN:

978 1 86168 557 5

Covering Ages:

16 to 18 years

Issue Description

The law says that ‘disability’ means a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on an individual’s ability to carry out normal everyday activities. This book looks at the problems faced by people with physical or learning disabilities, including difficulty accessing transport, access to specialist education, the risk of poverty and dealing with discrimination. It also covers disabled people’s rights under law.

The information comes from a wide range of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper articles, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.

Price:

£7.95

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Key Facts

• In some cases, even if medical aids or treatment are used to help control a disability, it is still regarded as a disability. Examples of this include the use of an artificial limb or medication to control epilepsy. (page 1)
  
  
• In a review by the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity, 54% of respondents who had been disabled before completing their formal education had experienced discrimination or prejudice at school, college or university. (page 5)
  
  
• Autistic spectrum disorders are estimated to touch the lives of over 500,000 families throughout the UK. (page 8)
  
  
• The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) creates rights for disabled people. Its main focus is on defining who is disabled (part one of the act), employment (part two of the act), access to goods and services (part three of the act) and education (part four of the act). (page 8)
  
  
• 93% of families of disabled children in the UK are struggling financially. (page 19)
  
  
• It is against the law to discriminate against disabled people in various areas of their lives: for example, at work and in the provision of goods and services. (page 20)
  
  
• An investigation into crime against disabled people revealed that nearly two-thirds of people with mental health problems had been abused in the street in the previous two years, with about a quarter suffering sexual harassment or physical assault. (page 29)
  
  
• 56% of disabled people surveyed by Leonard Cheshire Disability had an income of less than £112 per week after tax and housing cost deductions. (page 34)
  
  
• Almost half of doctors (46%) and a third of nurses (37%) say that people with a learning disability receive a poorer standard of healthcare than the rest of the population. (page 38)

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Disability Issues

What is disability?, The Medical and Social Models of Disability, Physical disability, Learning disabilities, Hidden disabilities, Debenhams first with disabled High Street model, Planes, trains and wheelchairs, Giving me control of my care has been a revelation, Disability shouldn’t leave children disenfranchised, Renting with a disability, Siblings of disabled young people.

Chapter 2 Rights and Discrimination

Disability discrimination, Employment rights and the Disability Discrimination Act, Disabled people’s access to goods and services, Disability two ticks symbol, Equality Bill passed by Parliament, Mind your language, Acceptable language for disability, Unequal treatment, Disability Living Allowance (DLA), The impact of Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance, Poverty and disability links ‘more pronounced’, Barriers disabled children and young people face, Doctors say patients with a learning disability receive poorer care.

Key Facts

Glossary

Index

Additional resources

Acknowledgements

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The Study Guide for: Living with Disability - Volume 197

Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.

Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.95
ISBN: ISBN: 978 1 86168 567 4

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