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Havering supported employment service
- Author:
- JUETT Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 54, Summer 1999, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Reports on a project in Havering that aims to address the difficulties faced by women with learning difficulties who wish to enter the open labour market.
Kitchen sync
- Author:
- PATERSON Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 10.11.99, 1999, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
A key aim for mental health nurses is getting clients into work. This article describes a restaurant staffed by people with mental health problems and learning disabilities.
Welfare rights: juggling benefit options
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.4.99, 1999, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the rules which apply to people claiming benefits while working.
Living in fear: the need to combat bullying of people with a learning disability
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A survey by Mencap of people with a learning disability has found that nearly nine out of ten respondents have experienced bullying in the last year. Two-thirds are bullied on a regular basis and almost one-third are suffering from bullying on a daily or weekly basis. People with a learning disability face prejudice and widespread discrimination that often makes them feel like outcasts and prevents them from taking a full part in society. Public attitudes in the United Kingdom towards people with a learning disability remain discriminatory. The Mencap survey suggests that the bullying of people with a learning disability is institutionalised throughout society. There are 1.2 million people with a learning disability in the United Kingdom. They need to be recognised as valuable members of society with the same rights as others. Yet people with a learning disability face discrimination in all areas of their lives - on public transport, at work, in shops and leisure centres and even in residential homes and day centres.
The role of self-advocacy in work for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- SKELTON Judd, MOORE Michele
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 2(2), August 1999, pp.133-145.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article explores the relationship between self-advocacy and work for people with learning difficulties. Explorations are based mainly on participant observation study in which members of a self-advocacy group for people with learning difficulties included the researcher in their regular meetings. Discussions about work, most broadly defined as meaningful activity which makes a contribution to society, emerged as a preoccupations.
Learning support for people with learning disabilities: promoting independent living
- Author:
- DAVIES Sheila
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(10), June 1999, pp.339-342.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The authors suggests that adult education could provide both the theory and models for promoting the independent living skills of people with learning disabilities in community settings.
Days of hope
- Author:
- McINTOSH Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.1.99, 1999, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social inclusion for people with learning difficulties needs to be a reality, not just a slogan. The author reports on pilot projects that point the to new approaches.
Changing our days: finding ways to get what you want from life
- Author:
- WHITTAKER Andrea
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 87p.,illus.,CD ROM.
- Place of publication:
- London
Easy to use handbook and CD to help men and women with learning difficulties have better day opportunities. Centred on working with services, families and other supporters to help people to: get paid jobs; do courses at college and get certificates; make more friends; have more interesting things to do in their spare time; and receive help when they need it.
The view from Arthur's seat: review of services for people with learning disabilities; a literature review of housing and support options beyond Scotland
- Authors:
- SIMONS Ken, WATSON Debbie
- Publisher:
- Scottish Executive Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 138p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report argues that a 'modernised' housing and support system for people with learning disabilities should encompass the following principles: citizenship and civil rights; supported living models such as 'active' support; person centred planning; access to other services such as employment, continuing education and supported leisure activities; coherent and flexible funding; and regulatory reform.
One job two skills
- Author:
- SIMS Dave
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.12.99, 1999, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues joint practitioners could be the driving force behind changing attitudes to joint working, provided they are supported.