Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency
Resources
The following is a reference for Projects on some of the information that is available on disability related topics.
Details of how to acquire copies of these publications can be obtained directly from the organisation responsible, as indicated below, or from DESSA.
ACCESS
Building for Everyone Inclusion, Access & Use
A comprehensive guide to all aspects of accessibility, ranging from the external environment to building design. (book & video)
NDA2002
Building Regulations Part M
Details of the current building regulations which apply to the construction of new buildings and to extensions or alterations to existing buildings.
Dept of Environment & Local Government 2000
Accessibility Audit Checklist for Building Regulations Part M
Technical guide to above.
Dept of Environment & Local Government 2000
Access To and Use of Buildings
The Building Regulations 2000 British guidelines on building regulations for construction of new buildings and to extensions or alterations to existing buildings.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (UK) 2004
Template: Access Handbook
Handbook providing simple way of listing and explaining the features and facilities of a building which must be maintained in order to ensure access for everyone.
NDA
Understanding Disability Access
Removing the Barriers to Participation Information leaflet to inform about the barriers to participation, to discuss how best you and your organisation can begin to address those barriers and to outline, in general, how your organisation can become more inclusive.
Bray Partnership
Information on Local Access Groups
includes various reports and seminar findings.
European Concept for Accessibility Technical Assistance Manual
This is a useful means of raising awareness among architects, planners and designers of what the principles of design for all and universal access means.
EuCAN c/o Info-Handicap Luxembourg2003
Access All Areas?
An accessibility audit of public, private and community buildings in the Rialto, Bluebell & Inchicore areas.
Canal Communities Partnership December 2003
The Access Directory 2002/2003
A guide to products and services for people with physical disabilities
The Access Directory 2002
Enhancing Accessibility for People with Disabilities Living in Urban Areas
This report aims to develop an understanding of the mobility and access issues experiences by people with disabilities in developing countries.
Department of International Development (UK) 2002
General Accessibility Information
such as Making the Workplace Accessible, Accessibility Checklists, Centre for Universal Accessibility.
ADVOCACY
Advocacy A Rights Issue
The intention of this ‘Reflection Document’ is to raise awareness of the importance of advocacy in the struggle by disabled people for basic civil and human rights.
The Forum of People with Disabilities 2001
Advocacy A Rights Issue Information Leaflet 1
General information on the meaning of advocacy and how to get involved in advocacy.
The Forum of People with Disabilities 2001
An Introduction to Advocacy Training Guide
A guide providing tools for people to start engaging in the advocacy process.
Ritu R. Sharma SARA Project
Developing and Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities
A comprehensive study of the views of Irish stakeholders and a review of international research. It sets out options and proposals for developing advocacy services for people with disabilities and the implications for Comhairle.
Comhairle 2004
The Jigsaw of Advocacy
This report analyses concepts of advocacy, bringing together examples of its practises both in services developing in Ireland and those abroad.
Comhairle 2003
Developing Advocacy Services
A report on the deliberations of Regional Consultation Fora.
Comhairle November 2002
Learn to be an Advocate
Information on a new course in Advocacy Studies in the Institute of Technology, Sligo in partnership with Comhairle and the Equality Authority
Institute of Technology, Sligo 2004
CONSULTATION
Ask Me Guidelines for Effective Consultation with People with Disabilities
These guidelines provide straightforward advice and set out the steps that organisations should take when undertaking a consultation process.
National Disability Authority February 2002
DISABILITY BILL
Equal Citizens
Proposals for the Core Elements of Disability Legislation Disability Legislation Consultation Group 2003
EDUCATION
Towards Best Practice in the Provision of Further Education, Employment and Training Services for People with Disabilities in Ireland
This report presents research commissioned by the NDA to provide baseline evidence on the range of service provision.
NDA 2002
Accessing Third Level Education in Ireland
A handbook for students with disabilities and learning disabilities
AHEAD (Association of Higher Eduction Access & Disability) 2001
EMPLOYMENT
Equal Opportunity in Recruitment and Selection for Graduates with Disabilities An Employer’s Guide
A comprehensive resource, exploring issues relating to equality policy development, disability awareness and recruitment & selection practices.
AHEAD (Association of Higher Eduction Access & Disability) 2000
Employers Making a Difference
A resource pack to assist in accessing the help and assistance that is there for employers who wish to employ people with a disability.
PWDI 2003
Building an Inclusive Workplace
A consultation paper looking at issues impacting upon the workplace and future developments, including equality legislation and the meaning of a diverse workforce.
The Equality Authority 2004
Disability Resource Pack
Positive action for the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities in the State Sector.
The Equality Authority
Ready, Willing and Able
An employers guide to hiring people with a disability
Able Access
Able To Work
Including disabled people within the Services for the Unemployed Measure. A report by ADM looking at issues of disability & unemployment and the ways forward.
ADM 2003
EQUALITY
The Challenge of the Equality Agenda to the Community Development Programme Case Studies and Pointers to Good Practice
Includes an exploration of where disability issues and disabled people are placed within the Community Development Programme.
Community Technical Aid
Encouraging Effective Targeting of Disability in the LDSIP
This document provides an outline of some of the major issues and barriers relating to the effective targeting of disabled people within the LDSIP.
ADM
Guide to initiating a discrimination case under the Equality Legislation
(video)
The Equality Authority
Minority Ethnic People with Disabilities in Ireland
A research study into the experiences and needs of minority ethnic people with disabilities.
The Equality Authority 2003
Equal Status Act 2000
Information on the Act and “Reasonable Accommodation”
The Equality Authority
A Strategy For Equality Report of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities
This report is an equality strategy which sets out recommendations for removing the barriers which stand in the way of people with disabilities.
Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities 1996
INCLUSIVE PLAY AND CHILDCARE
Ready, Steady, Play! A National Play Policy
A comprehensive document which provides a framework for future developments such as partnership approaches, developing a play infrastructure, safety requirements and funding arrangements
The National Children’s Office 2004
It Doesn’t Just Happen Inclusive Management for Inclusive Play
A step-by-step guide to the process of planning and managing inclusive play.
Kidsactive 2002
Developing Accessible Play Space A Good Practice Guide
This guide gives advice which can be tailored to individual settings on developing accessible play space which disabled children can use.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (UK)
Creating Inclusive Childcare Facilities Design Solutions Package
This is a valuable and user-friendly guide to support the design of inclusive childcare facilities.
The Centre for Universal Design College of Design, North Carolina State University 2003
Why Should We Make All Playgrounds Accessible To Kids With Disabilities? and Access To Play Areas
These documents provide a context and information on inclusive play and accessible play spaces
The National Centre on Accessibility (US)
Sensory Design
Information on creating landscapes that offer a wide range of sensory experiences to people with disabilities.
Sensory Trust 2003
Codes of Practice and Policy on Children’s Play
Various
Books for Children
(List compiled by Include Us Network, South Dublin)
Special Stories by Kate Gaynor (2006?), Pub. Special Stories, Dublin
- A Family for Sammy - Foster Care
- Joe’s Special Story - Adoption
- The Lost Puppy - Mobility
- The Bravest Girl in School - Diabetes
- First Place - Speech
- The Winner- Asthma
- The Famous Hat Childhood Cancer
The Giraffe Who Came to Dinner by Patrice Aggs, (1999), The O’Brien Press, Dublin
All Kinds of People – a Lift-the-flap Book by Emma Damon (1995), Tango Books, London
All Kinds of Beliefs – a Lift-the-flap Book by Emma Damon (2000), Tango Books, London
First Experiences by Anne Civardi (2001), Usborne Publishing, London
My Best Friend by Pat Hutchins (1995), Red Fox, London
We’re Going on Lion Hunt by David Axtell (2000), Macmilan, London
Acker Backa Boo! By Opal Dunn (2000), Frances Lincoln, London
Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross (1999), Random House Children’s Books, London
Nini at Carnival by Errol Lloyd (1995), Random House Children’s Books, London
The Animal Boogie by Herbie Harter (2000), Barefoot Books, U.K
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers (1991), Puffin, U.S.
What If? By A.H. Benjamin & Jane Chapman (1996), Blackwater Press, Dublin
Children’s Books for Special Needs – Family Life, (2000) The National Children’s Resource Centre, Barnardos and Fingal County Libraries
Chiildren’s Books for Special Needs – Bullying (2000) Barnardos’ NCRC and Fingal County Libraries
Boots for a bridesmaid by Verna Allette Wilkins (2003), Tamarind (Spinal Injuries Association)
Look What I can Do by Catherine & Laurence Anholt (1998), Mammoth, London
Mama Zooms by Jane Cowen-Fletcher (1993), Scholastic Inc., U.S.
Don’t Call Me Special by Pat Thomas, (2001), Barron’s, U.K.
My Brother Sammy by Becky Edwards & David Armitage, (2000), Bloomsbury, London
My Picture Atlas – Essential facts about every country in the world by Roger Priddy, Pub. Priddy Books ISBN 1-84332-127-0
The Earth from the Air for Children by Yann Arthur-Bertrand (2002) Thames & Hudson, U.K.
Playful World: A selection of games from around the world (2008), Kildare County Childcare Committee, funded by The Irish Government under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010.
Grandfather and I by Helen E. Buckley & Jan Ormerod (1994), Harper Trophy, U.S.A.
My First Book of Sign Language by Joan Holub (2002), Whistlestop, U.S.A.
RESEARCH
Visualising Inclusion Summary Research Report on the Needs of People with Disabilities in Kerry
A participatory research project which was carried out in conjunction with Nexus Research Cooperative.
Kerry Network of People with Disabilities December 2000
Public Attitudes To Disability In The Republic Of Ireland
The survey results provide useful information, which can inform policy and awareness campaigns aimed at changing attitudes.
National Disability Authority 2002
Disability Related Research in Ireland 1996-2001
This research identifies and list Irish research activity in the field of disability since 1996.
National Disability Authority 2002
TRAINING MATERIAL
Making Progress Together
A tailor-made disability equality training programme to develop individual skills and organisational capacity, originally designed for PWDI networks but could be used in other training settings.
PWDI 2000
TRANSPORT
Towards Best Practice in Provision of Transport Services for People with Disabilities
This report presents research commissioned by the NDA to provide baseline evidence on the range of service provision.
National Disability Authority
WOMEN
Responding To The Needs Of Disabled Women Who Experience Violence
A record of a one-day seminar targeting groups and organisations responding to violence against women and disability advocacy groups and activists.
Women’s Aid and the National Disability Authority 2002
Responding To Violence Against Women With Disabilities
A booklet based on dialogue between organisations working to address violence against women and activists & organisations working for disability equality for women and men.
Women’s Aid and the National Disability Authority 2002
Violence Against Disabled Women
A report on a consultation carried out by Women’s Aid on the feasibility of carrying out research.
Women’s Aid 2001
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