ADAAB

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ADAAB
Asian Disability Awareness Action in Bradford
Also means Welcome in Urdu
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Background Information Current Services

• ADAAB was set up in 1999
• We provide advice support on all matters
  relating to disabilities
• Welfare Rights Advice, Help, Appeals
• Attitudinal Cultural Training
• Working with young people Breaking barriers
  into employment
• Large Scale seminars Dissemination of
  information

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ADAAB B - Equal

• Advising disabled persons of all ages and
  abilities regarding preparation of Cvs, filling
  forms, interviewing techniques and signposting
  them to relevant training or education being
  offered by mainstream organisations as well as
  linking the disabled persons with firms who would
  be able to offer them employment.
• Outreach work in local special needs schools as
  well a Bradford college and Shipley college to
  target young disabled persons of school leavers
  age linking with the mentoring scheme, building
  their confidence and enhancing their abilities.
• Setting up and running a Support Group for
  disabled persons looking for employment, offering
  them an opportunity to share their experiences as
  well as providing them with a forum to discuss
  the problems they face.

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Disabled Young people on placements
Disability Ethnicity Training in Hull
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Statistics

• By the year 2011 the Bradfords Black and Asian
  communities will represent more than 34 of the
  total population.
• Population
• Current Composition Projected Change 2011
• India 2.7 14
• Pakistani 12.48 72
• Bangladeshi .98 82
• Bradford is the only metropolitan district in
  this country whose population is set to rise in
  the next ten years.
• As statistics shows, that Bradford has a higher
  than average proportion of children and young
  people with disabilities and higher incidence of
  complex life limiting diseases, it is inevitable
  that the rise in population will also show a
  corresponding rise in the incidence of
  disability.
• The services and facilities available even at
  present rates are stretched to full capacity
  therefore it is important that future planning
  begins now.

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Definition of Disability

• The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) defines a
  disabled person as 'someone who has a physical or
  mental impairment that has a substantial and
  long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to
  carry out day-to-day activities.' This definition
  includes not just those with mobility or sensory
  impairments but also a wide range of other
  impairments including mental health problems such
  as depression or schizophrenia, learning
  difficulties including dyslexia, diabetes, heart
  conditions and severe facial disfigurement.

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Misconceptions
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Obstacles faced by Young Asian disabled persons

• Negative stereotypes across the Board
• People perceive the Disability not Ability
• Lack of opportunities from local employers
• Low self esteem and lack of confidence
• Lack of family support
• Lack of support from the professionals

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• What You can Do as an individual
• Keep an open mind and judge each person on their
  ability not disability
• Be Willing to Take on disabled placements
• Use the resources available including help from
  disability Organisations

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What you can do as an Employer

• Training
• About fair and equal treatment for all employees
  and applicants as well as positive diversity
  statements and actions.
• Recruitment
• ensure that the language in advertising for job
  vacancies is not limiting.
• endeavour to increase our advertising in
  disability-focused publications and newspapers to
  try to attract more disabled applicants.
• Volunteer Efforts
• Give employees the opportunity to choose from
  several worthwhile projects at specific charities
  and/or needy organisations to make them aware of
  disability issues.

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Help for Employers

• The Access to Work programme can help with the
  extra costs involved for an employer when taking
  on someone with a disability. These could
  include
• a communicator for people who are deaf or have a
  hearing impairment
• a reader for someone with impaired vision
• support workers if you need practical help either
  at work or getting to work
• special equipment or adaptations to equipment to
  suit individual needs
• alterations to premises or working environment so
  that an employee with disabilities can work there
  
• help with travel to work costs such as
  adaptations to a car, or taxi fares if you can't
  use public transport.

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REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS!!!!
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Contact Details

• ADAAB
• Carlisle Business Centre
• 60 Carlisle Road
• Bradford
• BD8 8BD
• Tel [phone]