MELTING Project
Reading & Resource List - Learning Disabilities Specific
 
Video

DAVIS, H. and RUSSELL, R. (1989) Physical and mental handicap in the Asian community:  can my child be helped? London: National Children’s Bureau.

Books/Reports

AHMAD, W.I. (ed.) (2000) Ethnicity, disability and chronic illness.  Buckingham:  Open University Press.

AZMI, S., HATTON, C. and EMERSON, E. (1996) Asian staff in services for people with learning disabilities. Manchester: Hester Adrian Centre.

BARNES, C. and MERCER, G. (1996) Exploring the divide:  illness and disability.  Leeds: The Disability Press.

BAROT, R., BRADLEY, H. and FENTON, S. (eds.) (1999) Ethnicity, gender and social change. Basingstoke: Macmillan.

BAXTER, C. et al (1990) Double discrimination: issues and services for people with learning difficulties from black and ethnic minority communities. London: King's Fund Centre.

CLARKE, A. and PARSONS, E. (eds.) (1997) Culture, kinship and genes: towards cross-cultural genetics. Basingstoke: Macmillan.

COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN (1995)  Help starts here: a guide for parents of children with special needs. 3rd ed. London:  National Children’s Bureau.

D'ARDENNE, P. and MAHTANI, A. (1999) Transcultural counselling in action. London: Sage.

FIRTH S (2001)  Wider Horizons: Care of the Dying in a Multicultural Society.  London: National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services.

GATES, B. and BAECOCK, C. (1997) Dimensions of learning disability. London:  Bailliere Tindall.

GUMMIT, R.J. (1995) The epilepsy handbook:  the practical management of seizures. 2nd ed. New York:  Raven Press.

HOPKINS, A. and APPLETON, R. (1998) Epilepsy:  the facts. 2nd ed. Oxford:  Oxford University Press.

IRISH, D.P. (ed.) (1993) Ethnic variations in dying, death and grief: diversity in universality. Washington, DC; London: Taylor & Francis.

KAI J. Editor.  (2003)  Ethnicity, health, primary care.   Oxford: Oxford medical Publications.

KARMI, G. and HORTON, C. (1992) Guidelines for the implementation of ethnic monitoring in health service provision. London: The Health and Ethnicity Programme.

LAGO, C. in collaboration with THOMPSON, J. (1996) Race, culture and counselling. Buckingham: Open University Press.

MIR, G, NOCON, A. and AHMAD, W. with JONES, L. (2001) Learning difficulties and ethnicity. London:  Department of Health.

SHAH, R. (1995) The silent minority: children with disabilities in Asian families. 2nd ed. London: National Children's Bureau.

STEELE, B. and SERGISON, M. (2001) Improving the quality of life of ethnic minority children with learning disabilities project report. Huddersfield:  Huddersfield NHS Trust.

UNIVERSITY OF YORK (1996) Ethnicity and health: reviews of literature and guidance for purchasers in the areas of cardiovascular disease, mental health and haemoglobinopathies.  CRD Report 5. York:  University of York