May 6 - 8, 2002
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Providing Culturally Competent Disability Services
to Persons Born in other Countries May 6 - 8, 2002 |
From where do those disabled refugees come?
Moureaux, G.
World Rehabilitation Fund, Consultant
New Rochelle, New York USA
moureaux@bestweb.net
Abstract
This paper describes the triage of refugees with disabilities (and their families) in the processing of their applications for admission to asylum countries. The methods of disability classification are discussed, as well as individual asylum countries' h ealth and abilities requirements for acceptance. The triages were based upon the refugees' impairment, consequent disabilities, and the impact of the handicap, from the perspective of both the original culture and the culture (and available services) of t he prospective asylum countries. The paper will consider whether there are measurable elements of intercultural compatibility or incompatibility, and will look at the universalism of disability, across cultures.