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Deaf people from minority ethnic groups
— initiatives and services | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, no 818, August 1998 |
| Publisher | JRF, August 1998 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO3 6LP. |
| Keywords | Hearing Impairment ; Ethnic groups ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Policy ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Research by Waqar Ahmad, Aliya Darr, Lesley Jones and Gohar Nisar notes a number of developments involving deaf people or their families across the UK. The statutory and voluntary sectors are beginning to respond to the needs of deaf people from minority ethnic groups, with education, training and social support being organised through informal networks. However, many barriers to social inclusion and appropriate services remain to be tackled, as approaches to provision tend to reflect an emphasis on short-termism and `special needs'. Focus has also tended to be on Asian and Afro-Caribbean deaf people and their families. Hard-of-hearing, deafened, and deaf-blind people are poorly served, as are deaf people from other groups. Despite some developments, little is changing in mainstream provision, and developments are not based on a coherent strategy. The full report, 'Deafness and ethnicity: services, policy and politics' is published by Policy Press on behalf of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980818206 P |
| Classmark | BV: TK: I: QLD: QAD: 3F |
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