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A global movement
- Author:
- SNELL Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.11.02, 2002, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how to ensure that self-advocacy for people with learning difficulties continues to develop.
Called to account
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.6.97, 1997, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how people with learning difficulties are often denied access to their own money and the right to decide how it is spent.
Innovation: inspiring stories, radical shifts in power, exciting ideas for change
- Authors:
- PARADIGM, CHOICE SUPPORT
- Publisher:
- Paradigm
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Lincoln
This booklet deals with the rights of people with learning difficulties to assume full citizenship. It argues that the legacy and institutionalisation of the existing welfare system make changes necessary. It argues that people with learning difficulties need to break new ground to achieve ordinary things others take for granted.
What choice: a consideration of the level of opportunity for people with mild and moderate learning disabilities to lead a physically active healthy lifestyle
- Authors:
- MESSENT Peter R., COOKE Carlton B., LONG Jonathan
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 27(2), 1999, pp.73-77.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article asks whether inequalities of opportunity exist between the general population and adults with mild and moderate learning disabilities to lead a physically active lifestyle, and if the provision of equivalent opportunities should be considered a human right. For the learning disability population the right to opportunities to be physically active can be divided into primary and secondary rights, the former is the right to opportunities, the latter is whether and how the opportunities are taken up. This review suggests that care in the community is insufficiently resourced to provide adequately beyond basic needs and that significant inequalities do exist between the general and learning disability populations in relation to opportunities and choices to be physically active.
Social services law: judicial review, financial resources and legitimate expectations
- Author:
- SCHWEHR Belinda
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2(3), July 1997, pp.23-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In the context of a recent judicial review case, the Court of Appeal has delivered, on the one hand, a powerful weapon for people with disabilities who need social services, but, on the other, managerial implications which are bound to be keeping budget holders awake at night. The final outcome of the case - due for hearing before the Lords at some point in the next year - may well have wider implications for changes to social services legislation generally. Considers the significance of this case for local authorities, practitioners and users of community care services. Goes on to look at the interplay between the concept of statutory discretion and the emergent legal doctrine of substantive legitimate expectation, and its significance for social service attitudes and practice is articulated.
A case in point
- Author:
- GLASMAN David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.11.96, 1996, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Cambridgeshire County Council and Cambridge City Council are in dispute over how to classify the homes of two people with learning difficulties. Describes how the real argument is about how pays for care.
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.