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A wake-up call for service providers
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(2), October 2000, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Discusses how the Disability Discrimination Act aims to make services providers aware of their responsibilities to ensure that disabled people are not confronted by disablist attitudes or subject to negative generalisations by being labelled as having learning difficulties.
Payments reform stalls
- Author:
- REVANS Lauren
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.9.00, 2000, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After a slow start the take-up of direct payments among disabled people is increasing. However, it is a different story among mental health service users.
Participation in health care decision-making by adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FOVARGUE Sara, KEYWOOD Kirsty, FLYNN Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(10), June 2000, pp.341-344.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports the findings of a qualitative study into decision-making on health care issues by people with learning disabilities. It suggests that they are largely excluded from the process, and that this contributes to the known difficulties in obtaining equity of access.
Too little, too slowly: report on direct payments for people with learning difficulties in Scotland
- Authors:
- HENDERSON Elizabeth, BEWLEY Catherine
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report on actively promoting direct payments for people with learning difficulties with four local authorities in Scotland. The report identifies barriers to the provision and comments on the need for further development.
Tell all: a guide to inclusive communications
- Author:
- THOMAS Mark
- Publisher:
- Brasshouse
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 86p., 2 CDs
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This resource offers practical guidance for educational establishments and other organisations on how to communicate clearly, be it on paper, by telephone, Internet, e-mail or sign language with disabled people.
Moving on without parents: planning, transitions and sources of support for middle-aged and older adults with intellectual disability
- Author:
- BIGBY Christine
- Publisher:
- MacLennan & Petty
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 263p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sydney, NSW
Examines the nature and success of parental planning for the future care of adult children with intellectual disability. Begins by reviewing existing research on parental planning and sources of support for people with intellectual disabilities in later life; then details the results of a study of the transition from parental care and subsequent care experiences of people aged 55 or over. Examines the nature of parental plans, the process of transition from parental care and the long term success of parental plans. Explores, with case vignettes, the current situation of older people, their access to services and their sources of informal support. Concludes by examining policy and practice implications.
Just a shadow: a review of support for the fathers of children with disabilities
- Author:
- WEST S
- Publisher:
- Handsel Trust
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 36p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Report of research based on interviews with four fathers of children with disabilities. Reviews existing research, before discussing issues such as the fathers' perceptions of their needs, what support was considered helpful or otherwise, emotions, coping strategies, and access to services. Concludes with recommendations for future practice.
Psychotherapy, learning disabilities and trauma: new perspectives
- Authors:
- HOLLINS Sheila, SINASON Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, January 2000, pp.32-36.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Psychological therapies are rarely used in people with learning disabilities. Learning disability is often given as an exclusion criterion. This paper describes recent advances in understanding and practice within the learning disability field which have not received wider recognition within mainstream psychotherapy and psychiatry. The availability of different psychotherapeutic approaches is discussed.
Do the families of children with development disabilities obtain recommended services: a follow-up study
- Authors:
- PABIAN Wendy E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 3(1), 2000, pp.45-58.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Interdisciplinary teams provide a comprehensive evaluation for children with disabilities and their families and generate appropriate recommendations. Although recommendations are provided with the expectation that the families will follow through and obtain these services for their children and for themselves, it is not clear which recommended services have been obtained by the families. In this four-month follow-up of 36 families in the USA, it was found that 84 percent of educational services, 89 percent of medical services are also discussed.
Providing services to Asian Americans with developmental disabilities and their families: mainstream service providers' perspective
- Authors:
- CHOI Keum-Hyeong, WYNNE Martha Ellen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 36(6), December 2000, pp.589-595.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This survey investigated the opinions and perceptions of 44 mainstream US social service providers regarding barriers to Asian Americans with developmental disabilities and their families receiving appropriate supportive services. Six main barriers were identified: language and communication difficulties; lack of knowledge about service delivery system; perceived cultural differences; being 'a minority within a minority'; individual differences between cultural and family groups; lack of resources to meet needs within the family. Implications of the barriers are discussed.