Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities

by Robina Shah, Janet Robertson, Yasmeen Akram, et al.

Social workers and allied professionals will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture of the lives of South Asian families with a child with severe disabilities and place their experiences in the wider context of how culture and ethnicity can impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843101610
• ISBN13: 9781843101611
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages