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Independent living: the right to choose
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, p.1.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
More and more people with learning difficulties are making heard their views as they progress gradually towards the independent lives they crave. The author looks at the achievements of people with learning difficulties, and the obstacles which face them in their quest for choice and control over their lives.
Jargon-free zone
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.12.94, 1994, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Ten years ago People First was launched by a group of people with learning difficulties, who had been to America to find out more about self advocacy. In the London boroughs there are now 30 People First groups, and many more through the UK. Reports from their tenth anniversary conference and discovers the aims of People First and where they want to be in the future.