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The impact of neoliberal market relations of the production of care on the quantity and quality of support for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- HUMBER Lee Anderson
- Journal article citation:
- Critical and Radical Social Work, 4(2), 2016, pp.149-167.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
For 30 years after the Second World War learning disability research and practice radically changed the ways in which people were understood and treated. An immense body of work and new and progressive agencies supported people with learning disabilities towards liberation and social inclusion. However, over the last 30 years, these gains have been rolled back. This article explains why and how this happened. Using a broadly Marxist analysis, it examines how the introduction of a social care market has impacted upon the quantity and quality of services and support available. It offers a comparison between the radical thinking and publicly funded support structures of the past and the independent service provision of the 21st century in order to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each. It concludes with a consideration of possible futures. (Publisher abstract)
Peer advocacy in a personalized landscape: the role of peer support in a context of individualized support and austerity
- Authors:
- POWER Andrew, BARTLETT Ruth, HALL Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 20(2), 2016, pp.183-193.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Whilst personalisation offers the promise of more choice and control and wider participation in the community, the reality in the United Kingdom has been hampered by local council cuts and a decline in formal services. This has left many people with intellectual disabilities feeling dislocated from collective forms of support (Needham, 2015). Drawing on a co-researched study undertaken with and by persons with intellectual disabilities, the authors examined what role peer advocacy can play in filling this gap in support in a context of reduced day services, austerity and individualized support. The findings reveal that peer advocacy can help people reconnect in the face of declining services, problem-solve issues and informally learn knowledge and skills needed to participate in the community. It is argued argue that peer advocacy offers a vital role in enabling people to take up many of the opportunities afforded by personalisation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Personalization, self-advocacy and inclusion: an evaluation of parent-initiated supported living schemes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Netherlands
- Authors:
- REINDL Marie-Sol, WALTZ Mitzi, SCHIPPERS Alice
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 20(2), 2016, pp.121-136.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
This study focused on parent-initiated supported living schemes in the South of the Netherlands and the ability of these living schemes to enhance participation, choice, autonomy and self-advocacy for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities through personalized planning, support and care. Based on in-depth interviews with tenants, parents and caregivers, findings included that parent-initiated supported housing schemes made steps towards stimulating self-advocacy and autonomy for tenants. However, overprotective and paternalistic attitudes expressed by a significant number of parents, as well as structural constraints affecting the living schemes, created obstacles to tenants’ personal development. The study calls for consideration of interdependence as a model for the relationship of parents and adult offspring with disabilities. The benefits and tensions inherent within this relationship must be taken into consideration during inclusive community building. (Edited publisher abstract)