Disabled asylum seekers and refugees and access to social care in South-East England.

Little is known about everyday experiences of asylum seekers and refugees with disability and social care (Harris, 2003 his paper discusses experiences of disabled asylum seek ers and refugees and their access to social care ualitative semistructured interviews were conducted with adult asy lum seekers and refugees with diverse impairments who had lived in the between to 2 years ( females and males aged 2 to , males aged 3 to care ( 3 kin and nonkin carers ( females and and professionals working in social males and 3 females, third sector services from statutory and from he findings revealed that disabled asy lum seekers and refugees experienced social exclusion and lack of access to social care related to their impairment, legal status and rights to support hey, however, resisted exclusion by drawing on a range of alternative resources in their families and communities heir experiences provide insight into ‘lived experiences’ of disability and access to social care and suggest a need for a human rights approach in policy and services