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Equalities scoping study
- Author:
- FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 23p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Office of the National Co-Directors for Learning Disability asked the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities to look at whether the experiences of adults with learning disabilities and their families were getting better in the context of Valuing People Now and its associated Equality Impact Assessment. Databases and other resources were used to identify articles, reports, websites
The economic consequences of autism in the UK
- Authors:
- KNAPP Martin, ROMEO Renee, BEECHAM Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 27p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are approximately 540,000 people with autism in the UK - 433,000 adults and 107,000 children. The findings in this report reveal that children with autism cost £2.7 billion a year, yet for adults the figure is £25 billion - more than eight times as much. Funded by the Shirley Foundation and led by Professor Martin Knapp at the London School of Economics and King's College London, the research shows that for adults with autism the highest costs are those generated by health and social care provision (59%), followed by lost employment (36%) and family expenses (5%).
Adult family placement schemes for older carers: perceptions of users, family carers, placement providers and social workers
- Authors:
- McCONKEY Roy, et al
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 55p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report culminates from research undertaken into the feasibility of adult placement schemes in meeting the needs of older carers and their relatives with learning disabilities in Northern Ireland. This research was funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, as part of the GOLD (Growing Older with Learning Disabilities) Programme.
Religious expression, a fundamental human right: the report of an action research project on meeting the religious needs of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, et al
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes a two-year action research project running from January 2002 to December 2003, funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities. The aim of the project was to work with services to meet the religious needs of adults with learning disabilities, and to discover what worked particularly well.