Learning Disability and Social Inclusion. A Review of Current Policy and Practice

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-53
Author(s):  
Stuart Cumella
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disability ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice

scholarly journals Afraid to leave the house: issues leading to social exclusion and loneliness for people with a learning disability

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
Liz Tilly
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disability ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range

Purpose Tackling social exclusion, which can lead to social isolation and loneliness, is an important current issue. People with a learning disability have a right to be full members of their communities, yet often experience social exclusion. Community connections play a key role in people developing reciprocal relationships. It is therefore important to know the barriers to full inclusion. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds on an inclusive research project exploring these issues (Mooney et al., 2019) and aims to place that study’s main findings in a broader academic, policy and practice context. Findings Whilst there is a wide range of literature about social exclusion, lack of friendships and loneliness experienced by people with a learning disability, there is a gap in knowledge regarding some of the specific social barriers that prevent wider social inclusion, and therefore opportunities to make and keep friends. Originality/value This paper relates the findings of an inclusive research project to the current literature. It identifies the social barriers that limit community involvement and draws on the experience of people with a learning disability to find possible ways forward.

scholarly journals Why Mobility Justice Means Prioritising Accessible Walking Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Anne Mullen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Active Travel ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy And Planning

Promotion of active travel is a fixture in transport policy and planning. Yet, this paper argues, walking and the availability of comprehensive and accessible pedestrian environments have an importance for mobility justice and sustainability which is not currently recognised. The paper investigates how and why walking provision matters for justice, and explores what this means for decision-making affecting mobility systems and the built environment. It begins with an argument that a coherent conception of mobility justice would be simultaneously concerned with environmental and social implications of transport since both affect people’s physical lives, welfare and flourishing. That requirement frames the types of mobility systems which could be compatible with justice, and points to a need for prioritisation of active travel far beyond current policy and practice. Specifically, the need for environmental sustainability coupled with social inclusion creates a case for systematically prioritising provision for walking over other mobility. This means the removal of all forms of barriers to walking so that no one is excluded by severance, impassable surfaces or lack of safety.

Children and Participation in South Africa: An Overview

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Moses
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Children's Participation

AbstractThis paper examines the current policy and practice around children's participation in South Africa. By situating the analysis from the perspective of the socio-economic and normative context within South Africa the paper critiques current typologies of children's participation for focusing too narrowly on processes internal to participatory processes. The paper argues that theorisations of children's participation need to take account of the range of activities which are labelled as children's participation and interrogate issues around who gets to participate and why, what the purposes of the participation are and under what conditions it is possible. This requires examining participatory processes and the children involved in them in relation to adult actors within and beyond the process as well as in relation to broader socio-political and economic environments.

scholarly journals Social Inclusion, Participation and Citizenship in Contexts of Neoliberalism: Examples of Adult Education Policy and Practice with Young People in the UK, The Netherlands and Ireland

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-78
Author(s):  
Nathalie Huegler ◽  
Natasha Kersh
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Economic Perspectives ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThis chapter focuses on contexts where public discourses regarding the education of young adults have been dominated by socio-economic perspectives, with a focus on the role of employment-related learning, skills and chances and with active participation in the labour market as a key concern for policy makers. A focus on ‘employability’ alone has been linked to narrow conceptualisations of participation, inclusion and citizenship, arising in the context of discourse shifts through neoliberalism which emphasise workfare over welfare and responsibilities over rights. A key critique of such contexts is that the focus moves from addressing barriers to participation to framing social inclusion predominantly as related to expectations of ‘activation’ and sometimes, assimilation. Key target groups for discourses of activation include young people not in education, employment or training (‘NEET’), while in- and exclusion of migrant and ethnic minority young people are often framed within the complex and contradictory interplay between discourses of assimilation and experiences of discrimination. These developments influence the field of adult education aimed at young people vulnerable to social exclusion. An alternative discourse to ‘activation’ is the promotion of young people’s skills and capabilities that enables them to engage in forms of citizenship activism, challenging structural barriers that lead to exclusion. Our chapter considers selected examples from EduMAP research in the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland which indicate that as well as framing the participation of young people as discourses of ‘activation’, adult education can also enable and facilitate skills related to more activist forms of citizenship participation.

HIV Prevention and Care of Transgender Women in an HIV and STI Clinic in the Paris Metropolitan Area

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-597
Author(s):  
Bahar Azadi ◽  
Julia Zélie ◽  
Florence Michard ◽  
Yazdan Yazdanpanah
Keyword(s):  
Sex Workers ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Transgender Women ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Medical Adherence ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract HIV infection burden is globally high among transgender women (TGW) and particularly in TGW migrant sex workers and TGW subpopulations with structural inequalities like racism and classism. In addition to stigma related to transphobia, migrant TGW face multiple forms of discrimination because of intersection with other experiences of stigma related to migration and working as sex workers in the host society. This study explores the experiences of TGW seeking care in an HIV and STI clinic in Paris, to evaluate medical adherence, namely, the degree to which a patient is regularly followed up in care and adequately takes the treatment, and trans individuals' social inclusion in this health institution. We examined the different forms of HIV-associated stigma among TGW. A qualitative study was conducted using semistructural in-depth interviews with TGW receiving HIV care and HIV preventive measures. A description is given of how a community-based participation policy and practice in this clinic integrate an intersectional approach among TGW. This results in a high rate of medical adherence in TGW migrants and could lead to social integration.

scholarly journals Social inclusion through ageing-in-place with care?

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK BARRETT ◽  
BEATRICE HALE ◽  
ROBIN GAULD
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Rites Of Passage ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Ageing In Place

ABSTRACTThe onset of ill-health and frailty in later life, within the context of the policy of ageing-in-place, is increasingly being responded to through the provision of home care. In the philosophy of ageing-in-place, the home provides for continuity of living environment, maintenance of independence in the community and social inclusion. The provision of assistance to remain at home assumes continuity in the living environment and independence in the organisation of daily life and social contact. This paper explores the changes that occur as a result of becoming a care recipient within the home and concludes that the transition into receiving care is characterised by discontinuity and upheaval which tends to reinforce social exclusion. We draw on the rites of passage framework, which highlights social processes ofseparation, liminality and reconnection, in analysing this transition to enhance understanding of the experience and gain insights to improve the policy and practice of home care. Separation from independent living leads to a state of liminality. The final stage in the rites of passage framework draws attention to reconnections, but reconnection is not inevitable. Reconnection is, however, an appropriate goal for the care sector when supporting frail or disabled older people through the transition into becoming a home-care recipient.

For the sake of the children? Children, domestic violence and public policy

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Suellen Murray ◽  
Anastasia Powell
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Discursive Constructions

More attention than ever before is being paid to children in Australian public policy concerned with domestic violence. In family law and in the areas of child protection, policing and in the provision of specialist services, there is recognition that children are affected by domestic violence. Yet the ‘discovery’ of the impact of domestic violence on children and the development of public policy responses have not been straightforward processes of problem identification and solution. Rather, there are a number of competing discourses which underlie various policy approaches. Drawing on Bacchi’s (1999) ‘what’s the problem represented to be?’ approach, we examine the discursive constructions of children’s experiences of domestic violence and the responses to them as evident in Australian public policy. In identifying these particular understandings, and considering the implications of these meanings for current policy and practice, we aim to contribute to debate on the future direction of domestic violence policy concerned with children.

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