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The encyclopedia of learning disabilities
- Authors:
- TURKINGTON Carol, HARRIS Joseph R., AMERICAN BOOKWORKS
- Publisher:
- Facts on File
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 304p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This is a comprehensive guide to all types of learning disabilities, including how they function, how they can be diagnosed, and how they can be treated. Today, learning disabilities are becoming more and more common. With more than 650 entries, 25 of which are new, this thoroughly revised and updated volume explains all the relevant topics from special legislation to educational tools to child development. Appendixes listing important organizations, government information, sources, assistive technology resources, and relevant books and Web sites make this the most comprehensive handy reference on learning disabilities available.
Supporting vulnerable witnesses
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Rostrum Magazine, 85, July 2006, p.13.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers (Scotland)
This article summarises some of the key provisions of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004, which aims to provide additional support to vulnerable witnesses to enable them to give their evidence as best the can.
Guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Part 2
- Authors:
- GRIMSHAW Catherine, CURRAN Christopher
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 140, July/August 2006, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- MIND
The 2005 Mental Capacity Act is due to come into force in April 2007. This article summarises some of the main issues in the Act to guide practitioners, ensure compliance with the lat and to reflect good practice. The article looks briefly at: assessments of capacity; maximising capacity; advance decisions; confidentiality and disputes.
Housing with capacity: the Mental Capacity Act explained
- Author:
- WILLIAMSON Toby
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 9(4), December 2006, pp.13-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 comes into effect in England and Wales 2007. The Act contains principles, procedures and safeguard to empower people to make decision for themselves wherever possible, but also to ensure that decision made on their behalf if they lack the mental capacity to make decision themselves are done in their best interests. The Act will apply to anyone working in the supported housing field or residential care where residents may lack the capacity to make decisions as a result of illness, injury or disability. This article gives an overview of the Mental Capacity Act and its relevance to the field of supported housing.
Sexual offences - no decision is a decision
- Author:
- THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 20(2), November 2006, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
It is ethically indefensible to ignore suspected sexual offences committed by men with learning difficulties. Past research had found that learning disability services often failed to make decisions precisely because they were so difficult. This article looks at the issues and considers whether research and legal developments, particularly the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, provide a more robust and defendable basis for the decision required. The author concludes that the current framework had made decision making easier.
Regulations on extension of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 to cover general qualifications bodies: consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a consultation on two sets of draft regulations for the extension of the Disability Discrimination Act to cover general qualifications bodies. The implementation date for these regulations is to be 1 September 2007.
Able authorities?: the Disability Discrimination Act, disabled people and local authorities in England: final report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out findings from research examining how well local authorities in England were performing in terms of addressing disability issues across the full spectrum of disabilities in relation to their core activities. It looks forward to the introduction of the disability equality duty, and offers learning points based on the case study work undertaken for the research, which local authorities could consider as they develop strategies and policies to deliver on the challenges and changes required to meet the duty.
The public sector and equality for disabled people
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Simon, et al
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 129p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This research was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to find out how public bodies are approaching the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty (part of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005). Public authorities such as Government Departments or Primary Care Trusts will be under a positive duty to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people, including employees, service users and others, from December 2006.
Applying a barriers approach to monitoring disabled people's employment: implications for the Disability Discrimination Act 2005
- Authors:
- ROULSTONE Alan, WARREN Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 21(2), March 2006, pp.115-131.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The year 2005 witnessed the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 through Parliament. The Act responds in part to the perceived need for more proactive legislation that seeks to encourage good employer and service provider practice from the outset and diminish discriminatory action. This article focuses on the employment provisions of the 2005 Act. The article is based on a scoping study carried out during the gestation of the Act that looks at the challenges of applying a barriers approach to a disability employment monitoring schemes. Monitoring schemes have been a key part of recent anti-discriminatory legislation. The text of the Act and its Guidance might suggest that the future of monitoring as an explicit feature of proactive employer practice is uncertain. The article makes clear however the importance of disability employment monitoring if disabled people are to be better represented and receive equitable treatment in the workplace.
The Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006: statutory instrument 2006 no. 312 (N.I. 1)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Acts, Bills
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Enabling power: Northern Ireland Act 2000, sch. 1, para 1 (1). Issued: 22.02.2006. Made: 14.02.2006. Laid: -. Coming into force: In accord. with art. 1 (2). Effect: 1995 c. 50 amended.