Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities

by Yasmeen Akram, Robina Shah

Social workers and allied professionals will find this book to be a valuable resource, 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 on a family's experience of disability.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003