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Strategies for supporting the online publishing activities of adults with learning difficulties
- Author:
- SEALE Jane K.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 22(2), March 2007, pp.173-186.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper reports on a study that explored the online publishing activities of adults with learning difficulties, the strategies that carers and professionals have used to support these activities and the implications these strategies may have for empowerment and self-advocacy. Content analysis of 15 home pages revealed that despite having a certain degree of information and communication technology literacy, many of the authors were being supported in their online publishing activities. For, the majority, their family provided this support. The supportive strategies that were used involved including the home page as part of a bigger family web site and taking sole or joint responsibility for writing the narrative of the home page. These strategies raise interesting questions about the validity of online publishing activities as vehicles for self-advocacy and the power relationships that such activities expose.
Taking the power: from oppression towards independence
- Author:
- People First
- Publisher:
- People First
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 253p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Self-advocacy by persons with developmental disabilities was unthinkable three decades ago. Today, persons with developmental disabilities are speaking out and organizing themselves to seek better, non-institutional living situations, social and political equality, and decent jobs with reasonable pay. This collection by self-advocates themselves, provides background about the origins of the self-advocacy in their own words.
Assistive technology and telecare to support adults with learning disabilities: key findings from the TATE project
- Authors:
- ASPINALL Ann, BARNARD Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Assistive Technologies, 1(1), October 2007, pp.53-57.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the TATE (Through Assistive Technology to Employment) Project. TATE is a European Social Fund Equal project that developed electronically assistive technology (EAT) to enhance the independence and employability of adults with learning disabilities. This paper describes the model developed by the TATE Project for the implementation of EAT into organisations for adults with learning disabilities. The TATE Project has resulted in positive benefits to the lives of people with learning disabilities through the use of EAT and there has subsequently been much interest generated in further promoting the use of EAT within the UK and EU.
Partners against crime
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, September 2007, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
This article reports on an initiative in Hertfordshire which is empowering people with a learning disability who are experiencing hate crime or bullying to take action. The initiative, People in Partnership (PIP), has produced a pack containing information about rights, personal safety and crime reporting tools with signposts to the police and other support services and also runs workshops.
Rules and standards: the second book of speaking up: a plain text guide to advocacy
- Authors:
- TUFAIL John, LYON Kate
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Advocacy for people with disabilities is about empowering people - gaining rights for individuals, access to services, inclusion in society and their own voice. Speaking Up is a set of four guide books designed to give people with a disability the knowledge and advice needed to approach self-advocacy with confidence. This empowering training package encourages an equal partnership between the advocate and the user where the shared goal is to develop the life skills of the individual with learning difficulties. It is accessible to people with a wide range of literacy needs, including those with high learning needs and is designed for use in formal and informal learning situations, either unsupported or with a facilitator present. The Second Book of Speaking Up explores the idea of rules and standards for advocacy and looks at the advocacy charter. It covers issues such as whether an advocate should share a confidence if they are worried that their advocacy partner might self-harm.
The illusion of power
- Author:
- RIDDINGTON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.3.07, 2007, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
It is now almost six years since the establishment of learning disability partnership boards. Research has found that the partnership between public sector managers and lay members is not on equal terms as defined in the white paper Valuing People. Where primary care trusts cascade learning disability development funding to partnership boards it is possible to provide opportunities for people with learning disabilities to allocate money to enable "bottom up" initiatives to be supported.
Helping people achieve their full potential: improving specialist disability employment services: public consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 88p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Central proposals in the consultation include developing and enhancing the role of Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentre Plus so that each individual gets support that is tailored to their needs to help them achieve their employment goals; and moving away from separate programmes of support such as the Job Introduction Scheme, Work Preparation and WORKSTEP towards a single integrated programme which provides a more personalised employment service for disabled people. The proposals in the consultation complement other major reforms by the DWP aimed at supporting those who need the most help to find, retain and progress in work; including the modernisation of Remploy, Pathways to Work and a Flexible New Deal all of which will offer additional specialist help for people with greater support needs.