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The beliefs, values and principles of self-advocacy
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF SOCIETIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL HANDICAP
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Booklet setting out values and principles for self-advocacy. Also contains sections on: support and the role of a support person; empowerment; institutions; and stories of good practice from around the world.
Theorising empowerment: individual power and community care
- Author:
- SERVIAN Richard
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 77p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Argues that community care policy is the latest in a long line of policies which have failed to live up to the promise of empowering vulnerable individuals. Focuses on people with learning difficulties and presents a framework for analysis to help individuals avoid becoming disempowered.
Beginnings: participatory action research and adults with developmental disabilities
- Author:
- SAMPLE Pat L.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 11(3), September 1996, pp.317-332.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the emergence of Participatory Action Research (PAR), and its use with individuals with cognitive disabilities. A brief history of PAR is given, with a focus on its uses for empowerment and self-determination for persons with disabilities. Using literature-based standards for participatory, action and emancipatory research approaches, a 3-year research project with goals of increasing community participation by adults with developmental disabilities is described and evaluated. Describes lessons learned concerning the use of PAR with people with developmental disabilities and concludes with a brief discussion of the feasibility of PAR with individuals with cognitive challenges.
Unlocking the imagination: strategies for purchasing services for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- DUFFY Simon
- Publisher:
- Choice
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 50p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents a person centred framework for provision of services to people with learning difficulties, focusing in particular on purchasing strategies.
People power
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.10.96, 1996, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
People with learning difficulties are entitled to vote, although they seldom do. The author reports on efforts to widen democracy before the election.
A little help from a friend to reach the 'unachievable'
- Author:
- COLLINS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(4), June 1996, pp.13-14.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Discusses the importance of the decision to include people with learning disabilities in the Community Care (Direct Payments) Bill.
Proposals for a 'Mental Incapacity Bill' to provide additional safeguards to vulnerable adults
- Author:
- DIESFELD Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 1(2), April 1996, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Although the Registered Homes Act 1984 provides some protection for people with learning disabilities living in registered homes, the Law Commission has identified the need for further safeguards. A draft Parliamentary Bill has been drawn up but as yet there are no plans to enact it. Using case studies, this article provides an analysis of Sections 36-44 of the Mental Incapacity Bill as it affects public law protection for people with learning difficulties who live in community settings. Asks whether we need any more protective legislation?
Encounters with strangers: feminism and disability
- Editor:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Women's Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 234p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the ways feminism can and must acknowledge disabled women for the benefit of all. Looks at ways in which disabled women have been disempowered and rendered invisible.
Innovations in evaluating services for people with intellectual disabilities
- Editor:
- McCONKEY Roy
- Publisher:
- Lisieux Hall Publications
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 186p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Chorley, Lancs.
The contributors to this volume point out that measuring the measurable is no guarantee that those variables exert a primary influence on service quality for people with intellectual disabilities. Other factors which are less tangible are needed to produce this outcome. Topics discussed include: involving service users; common sense evaluation; service costs; empowering front line staff; and the evaluator's role in developing quality.
Will direct funding mean genuine empowerment - or a candyfloss charade?
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 9(4), April 1996, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author warns that terms like direct funding and brokerage could be used to hide new forms of professional colonialism. Or the direct funding system could be a great success story leading to genuine and radical transfer of power. Asks which it is to be.