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Controlling your own personal assistant services
- Author:
- BRITISH COUNCIL OF ORGANISATIONS OF DISABLED PEOPLE
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 31p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Derby
Practical text aimed at disabled people, giving guidance on managing and working with a personal assistant.
From national to local: an evaluation of the effectiveness of national disablement information providers' services to local disablement information providers
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- Derby
Demolishing special needs: fundamental principles of non-discriminatory housing
- Authors:
- MACFARLANE Ann, LAURIE Linda
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 79p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Derby
Research report looking at housing provision and policy for disabled people.
Cashing in on independence: comparing the costs and benefits of cash and services
- Authors:
- ZARB Gerry, NADASH Pamela
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 215p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belper
Report focusing on the costs and benefits of services controlled directly by disabled service users.
Making our own choices: independent living, personal assistance and disabled people: report of the BCODP seminar on independent living and personal assistance, Herewood College, Coventry, August 1992
- Editor:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 90p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belper
Disabling imagery and the media: an exploration of the principles for media representation of disabled people
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- Ryburn/British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 60p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Halifax
Focuses on stereotype portrayals of disabled people in the media and provides a number of important recommendations for improvement.
Disabled people in Britain and discrimination: a case for anti-discrimination legislation
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People/Hurst & Co
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 282p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clay Cross
Challenges the perception that disabled people are clients of social services. Outlines legislative action taken in other countries to ensure that disabled people have the same rights as others. Argues that in Britain we have failed to attack discriminatory practices because of the entrenched charity model of services. Includes chapters on: education; employment; social security; housing and transport; leisure and the influence of the media; and political life.