Full Description
This book highlights the experiences of people with disability and their family members from Syrian and Iraqi refugee backgrounds who have resettled in Australia over the past decade.
Based on in-depth life history interviews, the book details the challenges people faced as refugees adapting to a new country. Some of these challenges are consistent with those faced by people from refugee backgrounds, but the book sheds special light on difficulties which are specific to or exacerbated by the disability experience. Taking a scholarly perspective, the Angela Dew explores the implications of these challenges and recommends alternative approaches which may diminish the challenges and enhance the benefits that can accrue to not just the individuals seeking refuge, but the societies receiving them. Bringing together four conceptual frameworks—life course theory, ecological theory, social capital theory, and journey theory—the book explores how the application of these theories offers complimentary viewpoints to provide a deeper understanding of the experiences of people with disability from refugee backgrounds. By affirming that people with disability and their family members who seek asylum and those who are accepted as refugees in resettlement countries deserve safety, security and support following traumatic life experiences which are compounded by their disability, Dew offers a vision for a richer, more equitable society.
Contents
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Section 1: Overview of Refugee and Disability Contexts
Introduction to Section 1
Chapter 1: Context to Syria and Iraq Refugee Situation
Chapter 2: People with Disability from Refugee Backgrounds
Section 2: Conceptual Frameworks and Research Design
Introduction to Section 2
Chapter 3: Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 4: Research Method
Section 3: Lived Experience
Introduction to Section 3
Part 1: Pre-Resettlement Experiences
Chapter 5: Growing Up and Living with a Disability in Syria and Iraq Pre-war
Chapter 6: Fleeing War and Seeking Refuge
Part 2: Resettling in Australia
Chapter 7: Employment and Social Capital
Chapter 8: Being a Carer in a New Country
Chapter 9: Accessing Services
Chapter 10: Belonging and Inclusion
Section 4: Research Reflections
Introduction to Section 4
Chapter 11: Applying Conceptual Frameworks to Lived Experience
Chapter 12: Recommendations for Future Research
Conclusion
References
Index
About the Author
