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Minister promises justice in court
- Author:
- McINTYRE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, 26, March 1998, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Reports on how the campaign to change the way that people with learning disabilities are treated by the criminal justice system took a step forward at A Fair Hearing conference organised by Community Care and the Law Society.
Do? be? do?: what to teach and how to teach people with developmental disabilities
- Author:
- HINGSBURGER Dave
- Publisher:
- Diverse City Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 124p.
- Place of publication:
- Richmond Hill, ON
From his experiences, the author discusses ideas about how we should be teaching people who have come to fear learning and expect failure. The author writes about the importance of understanding behaviour messages from people with developmental disabilities in a straight forward yet humorous fashion. This book gives insight to parents and staff with new ways on how to communicate.
Adopting a child with down's syndrome: stage three of a longitudinal study
- Authors:
- MASON Kathy, HUGHES Mike, SELMAN Peter
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Stress and the move into community accommodation
- Authors:
- BRAMSTON Paul, CUMMINS A. Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23(4), December 1998, pp.295-308.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The move into community-based supported accommodation for people with an intellectual disability can be exciting and rewarding but also confusing, demanding and perhaps even frightening. This study follows the concerns and stresses of four Australian people with an intellectual disability for five months as they negotiate the trials and rewards of moving out into a flat in the community, with only drop-in support. Implications are drawn from the data for those involved in supporting people with an intellectual disability to move into supported accommodation.
Ready, willing and waiting: supported employment and people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BUSH Tom
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 2(4), December 1998, pp.221-224.
The 1990s have seen a rapid growth in the number of agencies offering supported employment for people with learning disabilities. Initially, many of these agencies saw their role as a job coaching and support in the work place. However, with the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 some large employers have started to use these agencies as consultants in setting up their own growth and evolution of these schemes and considers the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act.
Learning disabilities in later life
- Author:
- NUMAS Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 11.11.98, 1998, pp.56-57.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Discusses how nurses can help ensure the right care for people with learning disabilities in old age.
Commentary: reflections on developing and managing community services for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- McGILL Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(4), October 1998, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Comments on a previous article by Linda Steele on pages 19-23, which sought to define the critical features of community services for people with learning difficulties. This article considers the degree to which these lessons are supported by the more general academic and professional literature.
The united voters of Mencap
- Author:
- HEDDELL Fred
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.10.98, 1998, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Outlines Mencap's strategy to improve the profile of people with learning difficulties.
Family planning for women with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Gilian, PEARSON Jillian, COOK Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.10.98, 1998, pp.60-61.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Women with learning disabilities have specialist family planning needs. Looks at the success of a well-women service operating in Merton and Sutton tailored to this client group.
A model of substitute decision-making
- Authors:
- CARLSON Glenys, WILSON Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 51(3), September 1998, pp.17-23.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Substitute decisions are those made on behalf of people who are not able to make decisions for themselves. From an ethical point of view it is important that substitute decision-making involving another person's health and well-being be approached methodically. The decision-making model outlined in this article was developed during a study which investigated substitute menstrual management decision-making for young women who had intellectual disabilities and high support needs. The decision-making literature provided relevant theoretical bases for structuring the components of the model. On the basis of the model, a definition of informed substitute decision-making in proposed.