Family dreaming : support programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities / a report prepared by Ted Smeaton for the Disability Services Aboriginal Corporation
- Bib ID:
- 128676
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smeaton, Ted
- Description:
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- [Sydney] : Ageing and Disability Dept., c1998
- iv, 67 p. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0731312104 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Presents the results of a study in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities were consulted to make recommendations to the NSW Ageing and Disability Department regarding culturally appropriate support options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability; recommendation 1 is that support services must take into account the implications of the traumatic history of Indigenous people since first contact; includes background information on contact history and the "killing times"; removal of children; mistrust of government programs; economic and social disadvantage; disadvantage experienced by people with a disability; grief and loss in Indigenous communities; cultural diversity; disability as an issue in Indigenous communities; demographics of Indigenous disability; isolation of people with a disability from their families; definition of a disability; principles for support services for Indigenous people with a disability; community development approach; need for cross cultural training for non-Indigenous disability workers.
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- Bibliography: p. 67.
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- Until 2048 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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- Publication date:
- 1998
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