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People with intellectual disabilities: towards a good life?
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Kelley, WALMSLEY Jan, WOLFE Marie
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 234p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book asks the following questions: what does it mean to live a good life; why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one; and what happens when we make a good life the centre of our consideration of people with intellectual disabilities. These questions are explored through a re-examination of ideas from philosophy and social theory, and through personal life stories. This book provides an analysis and critique of current policies and underpinning ideologies in relation to people with intellectual disabilities and explores ways in which a good life may be made more attainable. Chapters include: exploring a good life; part one: reflecting on a good life: my own life: Marie Wolfe; thinking about a good life; a good life and people with intellectual disabilities; part two: re-examining key concepts in the light of current practice: a good life in policy?; changing problems changing solutions; changing constructions of work; part three: rethinking a good life: justice, rights and capabilities; community, inclusion and belonging; promoting a good life; conclusion.
Cultivating quality
- Authors:
- KINSEY Peter, MAGUIRE Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.8.01, 2001, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The raw deal that people with learning difficulties often receive could be about to improve. Looks at the recommendations of the new white paper and adds a few suggestions of their own.
Learning disability today
- Author:
- CARNABY Steven
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 220p.
- Place of publication:
- Eynsham
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
This book examines the current issues of those using and delivering services and support for people with a learning disability. The book strives to renew and extend the enthusiasm of the previous editions in the face of an ever-changing landscape of policy and provision. Many of the chapter themes reflect the learning outcomes of the QCF learning disability qualifications introduced in 2011. Personalised services, quality of life and inclusion for all and key issues are covered in this new edition. Topics include: legislative frameworks person-centred thinking: implementing person-centred approaches in health and social care self-directed support and personalisation intimate lives: sexuality and people with learning disabilities family matters: working with parents with learning disabilities.
Social policy and people with intellectual disabilities in Poland: enhancing quality of life?
- Authors:
- OTREBSKI Wojciech, NORTHWAY Ruth, MANSELL Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7(4), December 2003, pp.363-374.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The past decade has been a time of great political, social and economic change within Poland. Such changes have affected the lives of all citizens including those with an intellectual disability. However, within the English language literature there is little published concerning the impact of changes in social policy on this group of people and the extent to which their quality of life has been enhanced. This article thus considers the difficult relationship between quality of life and social policy, provides an overview of key policy developments within Poland (both general and disability specific), and outlines some ways in which they have impacted on the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. It is suggested that further research is required before clear conclusions can be drawn. Areas for service development and research are thus proposed.
Towards a full life: researching policy innovation for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FELCE David, et al
- Publisher:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 239p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Describes the results and implications of a sustained programme of research into a national policy to improve the quality of life and social standing of people with learning disabilities. The focus is on the 'All Wales Strategy' - a mould-breaking national policy which has direct relevance to all who are concerned about responsive, person-centred community care.
Developing wellbeing as a critical tool in social work education: an example from the field of learning disability
- Author:
- SIMPSON Graeme
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 31(5), 2012, pp.622-636.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The paper explores the use of ‘wellbeing’ in social work education, focusing on the personalisation agenda in relation to people with moderate to severe learning disabilities. First, the policy framework for people with a learning disability in England is analysed through a discussion of ‘normalisation’ and the ‘social model of disability’. There follows a brief thematic analysis of these policies and also those of social work education, identifying the relative absence of wellbeing. The paper develops arguments for including wellbeing in social work education. It proposes a teaching model developed around 3 themes: relationships and friendships; community engagement (including education, work and health); and structural context. The importance for social workers of exploring aspects of community, in its widest sense, is emphasised, contrasting with a narrower view presented in policy implementation. It argues that, through a focus upon wellbeing, practitioners and students can develop a more critical engagement with the current narrow focus of the personalisation agenda, whilst promoting the needs of this service user group. The application of wellbeing as a practice and analytical concept therefore provides a framework for a critically reflective and engaged practice.
Definitions matter in understanding social inclusion
- Authors:
- MARTIN Lynn, COBIGO Virginie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 8(4), December 2011, pp.276-282.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Social inclusion is an explicit goal for persons with intellectual disabilities in many countries. However, evidence outlining social inclusion is still limited, and reliant on how social inclusion is measured. This study evaluated the concept and indicators of social inclusion, for 1,341 adults with intellectual disabilities residing in institutional and community-based settings in Ontario, Canada. Objective and subjective items related to five domains of social inclusion: relationships; leisure; productive activities; accommodations; and informal support. The results highlighted the heterogeneity within domains, and by the nature of the indicator. Overall, percentages varied between 3% and 96% depending on the indicator. Good levels of internal consistency were reported for three of the five domains. The authors concluded that the results of this study demonstrated that without an understanding of what social inclusion means for both general and vulnerable populations, it is not clear what is being measured, or how it should be measured. A better definition of inclusion and is needed for decision-makers to define the nature of their responsibilities and assess their effectiveness in achieving inclusion. Implications for future research are discussed.
Exclusion still the norm for young disabled people
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.09.20, 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Tackling social exclusion is the cornerstone of New Labour's policy on care. But a ground-breaking report from disability charity Scope reveals that disabled young people with high support needs are still being excluded from society.
Ready, willing and able
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Search, 32, Summer 1999, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Increasingly, disabled people have the option to manage their own care services through direct payment schemes. Looks at how people with learning difficulties may be missing out.
Deinstitutionalisation and community living: position statement of the Comparative Policy and Practice Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54(2), February 2010, pp.104-112.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The process of “deinstitutionalisation”; that is the abandonment of large residential institutions and their replacement by small scale services allowing people to live in the community, is well advanced in Scandinavia, the US, Canada, the UK and Australasia. Although here the debate is largely resolved, questions remain about whether newer kinds of supported accommodation replicate institutional features and themselves need reform. In other countries the debate has never really begun because those with intellectual disabilities are mostly cared for by their families. In a third group of countries the dominant form of care remains institutional and how to replace this is at the heart of the debate. The purpose of this position statement by the Comparative Policy and Practice Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities was to set out concisely the evidence for comparing institutional to community services and to draw out implications for policy makers. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities obliges states to develop community living to replace institutional care. The authors suggest that in addressing this task, policy makers should be aware of the evidence that; community living offers the prospect of an improved lifestyle and quality of life over institutional care for people with intellectual disabilities, that this applies to old and new institutions alike whatever they are called; that community care is no more expensive than institutional care on the basis of comparative need and quality of care; and successful community living requires close attention to the way services are set up and run, especially the quality of staff support.