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Opening doors: educating the community about mental handicap
- Author:
- McCONKEY Roy
- Publisher:
- Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 39p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Beginners guide for anyone who wants to help part of their local community become more aware of the abilities and needs of people with learning difficulties. Offers simple suggestions and examples for identifying target groups and advice about getting the right message across to them.
Neighbourhood walks: a semi-quantitative method for assessing the access people with a learning difficulty have to resources in their community
- Authors:
- DREWETT Robert, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(2), 1993, pp.142-154.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
A method is presented for assessing the extent to which people with mental handicaps living in residential homes can independently locate resources available in their communities, through accompanied walks through neighbourhoods.
Re-thinking community care: the Camphill Village model. A critical appraisal
- Author:
- LYONS Maria
- Publisher:
- Centre for Welfare Reform
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 37
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This discussion paper summarises research on Camphill Communities and looks at some of the positive learning that can be gained from the movement. It ask questions about how we think about concepts like inclusion, community and love. It finds that there is good evidence that there is much to learn from the Camphill movement and that these communities do offer a way of respecting human diversity and equality. It calls for greater openness from researchers and advocates the possibility of greater dialogue and learning. (Edited publisher abstract)
Policy development and implementation for disability services in rural New South Wales, Australia
- Authors:
- DEW Angela, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(3), 2014, pp.200-209.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Throughout their lives, all people, including those who have a disability, use a broad range of community services. Community services are important in assisting people with a range of impairments to participate in their communities. Vast geographic distances and a lack of therapists in rural and remote regions of Australia pose significant barriers for implementing policy aimed at supporting people with a disability. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which metropolitan-formulated policy encompassed the unique geographic, demographic, and sociocultural challenges experienced by rural therapists and people with a disability in New South Wales (NSW). Twenty-seven policy documents were reviewed and categorised into tier 1 (higher level strategic policies) and tier 2 (specific operational policies). Tier 1 policy documents provided consistent messages about the need to develop strategies and service delivery options to address geographic, cultural, and age-related barriers facing all people in NSW including those who have a disability. Tier 2 documents revealed a lack of attention to the practical differences between implementing the policy principles in metropolitan compared with rural areas. Study findings identify that the implementation of metropolitan-formulated policy does not always encompass the unique challenges experienced by therapists providing services to rural people with a disability and their carers. This study highlights the importance of “rural proofing” policy to consider people who live and work in rural areas. (Edited publisher abstract)
Life stories, intellectual disability, cultural heritage and ethics: dilemmas in researching and (re)presenting accounts from the Scottish Highlands
- Authors:
- MARSHALL Karrie, TILLEY Liz
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 7(4), 2013, pp.400-409.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
This article reflects on the ethical dilemmas involved in undertaking research on the history of institutional and community intellectual disability services between 1966 and 2009 in a tight-knit community in Scotland, through the In Our Own Voices: Leaving New Craigs hospitals' story project. The accounts collected include painful memories of oppressive practice as well as fond recollections of community spirit, kindness and ‘good’ staff. However, the research stirred up sensitive issues amongst the community that left the researcher facing a number of challenges. In this article the authors will reflect on the ethics of investigating, confronting and disseminating difficult histories. (Publisher abstract)
Life in the community
- Author:
- HERSOV Eve Kuhr
- Journal article citation:
- Values into Action, 97, 1999, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
The author reflects on the essence of good practice in supporting people with learning difficulties to live full lives.
Living difficulties
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.5.95, 1995, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Recently Rescare, the National Society for Mentally Handicapped People in Residential Care launched a campaign supporting village communities. Argues that people with learning difficulties should be helped to live in the community rather than segregated in groups.
Neighbours' reactions to community services: contrasts before and after services open in their locality
- Authors:
- McCONKEY Roy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(2), 1993, pp.131-141.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on research into attitudes of residents in three Irish communities prior to the opening of a small local day service, and two years later. Residents reported increased contact with people who had a mental handicap; many fewer problems occurred than they had initially anticipated, but an apparent drop in their willingness to be involved in helping than they had initially indicated was identified. Implications are drawn for strategies aimed at educating and involving local communities.
Do smaller homes result in increased integration?
- Author:
- BALLINGER Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(4), 1993, pp.303-311.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
One of the best publicised consequences of the policy of community care is the resettlement of people with a mental handicap from large institutions into homes in the community. Normalisation dictates that smaller residences have greater potential for integration than larger ones. The aim of the study reported here was to investigate whether there is a difference in the number of community contacts made by residents with a mental handicap living in small and large community units. Community contacts of 40 individuals with a mental handicap were recorded by care staff for a period of four weeks. Twenty one of the subjects lived in three flats, with seven, ten and eight beds respectively and the remaining 19 lived in a large unit with 24 beds. Results show that people residing in the smaller units experienced significantly more community contacts than those in the large unit. Areas for further study are identified.
Friendship and community: practical strategies for making connections in communities
- Authors:
- KENNEDY Jo, SANDERSON Helen, WILSON Helen
- Publisher:
- North West Training and Development Team
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 180p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Argues for the facilitate the full inclusion of people with learning disabilities in community life, through partnerships with people with disabilities, families and organisations and communities. This is done by developing local capacity for change through courses, mentoring, support and development projects, linking people together (parents, self-advocates, commissioners and providers) and developing partnerships through interest networks.