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Writing it ourselves
- Authors:
- WYRE FOREST SELF ADVOCACY, TARLETON Beth
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(2), June 2005, pp.65-69.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes how a group of self advocates wrote a book for young people with learning disabilities, discussing each stage of the writing and development process. The book is entitled 'Active Advocates' and is about how to set up a self advocacy group for young people with learning disabilities. Its aim is to show that people with learning disabilities can make easy information for other people with the same condition. It also shows how making information helped the self advocates develop skills, how proud it made them feel and much it was considered important for people with learning disabilities to be involved in making 'easy information'.
In black and white
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.5.97, 1997, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research findings have been made available to people with learning difficulties in a magazine they helped devise themselves. Explains the work of the Plain Facts project.
Access 2 pictures
- Author:
- People First
- Publisher:
- People First
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 1v.looseleaf, CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes a CD ROM containing pictures for cutting and pasting into documents, and a looseleaf folder with sections on good and bad ways of providing information to people with learning difficulties, including a step by step guide on making a piece of accessible information.
Journey to independence: what self-advocates tell us about direct payments; a joint research project from Swindon People First and the Norah Fry Research Centre
- Authors:
- GRAMLICH Stacey, et al
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 137p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Very few people with learning disabilities get direct payments, yet many see it as an Important part of their journey to independence. This report examines: the best ways to support people with learning disabilities to get direct payments; how people with learning difficulties have gained from direct payments; and the best ways of giving information and publicising direct payments.
Promoting effective service user engagement for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 8(1), February 2000, pp.44-47.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on initiatives, such as work of the Community Care Development Centre(CCDC) and Swindon People First, which aim to make organisations more user-focused.
No empowerment, no comment
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.6.99, 1999, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The UK self-advocacy movement for people with learning difficulties is burgeoning and service providers are beginning to take notice. Explains how the decibel level has risen.
Consultation: plan of action or management exercise?
- Authors:
- TOWNSON Louise, CHAPMAN Ross
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(4), April 1999, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Consultation is one of the 'four Cs' of the government's Best Value initiative. The authors argue that consultation in its own right is not enough, and that people should be involved on committees right through to the top if a real change is to take place.