Disabled Children in a Society at War: A Casebook from Bosnia (Oxfam Development Casebook Series)

Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
Notes on the text......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Notes on language......Page 11
The war in Bosnia......Page 12
The most vulnerable people......Page 17
Disability in Bosnia......Page 19
Oxfam in Bosnia......Page 23
The social model of disability......Page 24
First steps towards a disability programme......Page 28
Early days at the Support Centre......Page 31
Is integration between disabled and non-disabled children possible?......Page 37
An integrated centre......Page 41
The ZID workshop......Page 44
A lasting peace In Bosnia?......Page 46
An evolving role for the Koraci Nade Centre......Page 48
New funding priorities in peacetime......Page 50
A sustainable future for Koraci Nade?......Page 53
The politics of disability and 'democratic' elections......Page 59
4. Tackling institutional prejudice......Page 64
The participation process......Page 65
Change from within......Page 67
Equality of opportunity......Page 69
Policy and planning for an alternative approach......Page 74
people are poor, , people keep and powerless getting poorer......Page 78
5. Promoting an alternative approach to disability in Bosnia......Page 80
What do disabled people want?......Page 81
What do carers really want?......Page 82
New roles for rehabilitation professionals......Page 84
The local authorities......Page 87
The Faculty of Defectology......Page 88
Other agencies......Page 89
War as an opportunity for change......Page 94
Charity or change?......Page 96
Relations between military and civilian groups of disabled people......Page 98
An overview of the disability movement in Bosnia......Page 101
The role of women within the disability movement......Page 105
7. Development work in a context of conflict......Page 110
Planning for long-term development......Page 111
Funding and legal status......Page 113
Retaining professional staff......Page 114
Insecurity and danger......Page 116
Communications and transport......Page 119
Competition for national resources......Page 120
Why work with disabled people?......Page 122
Human rights and development......Page 123
The need for a 'disability analysis'......Page 124
The need for a gender analysis......Page 125
The case for an institutional policy on disability......Page 129
The need for planning and analysis......Page 131
From charity to change: new opportunities and the role of advocacy......Page 133
The need to be prepared......Page 136
Learning from each other......Page 137
The future of the Koraci Nade Centre......Page 138
Further reading......Page 140