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Independent living: around in a circle
- Author:
- NEVILLE Mandy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, p.4.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A circle of support is a group of friends invited by someone with a learning difficulty to get together regularly to plan, dream and act on that person's behalf. The author explains how the circle of support works and argues that is gives strength and confidence to the participants, providing a natural alternative to the inequality of dependence.
Independent Living: the numbers game
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, p.3.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that the past 15 years have seen the emphasis on individual needs, but now, the time has come to use collective action to influence events for people with learning difficulties.
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.
Group work with older people who are developmentally disabled and their caregivers
- Author:
- O'MALLEY Patricia E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 25(1/2), 1996, pp.105-119.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Over the past twenty years or so the ageing of America has attracted much attention as policymakers, social service and health care providers have recognised the full meaning of increasing numbers of elderly people in the United States. However, it is only recently that attention has been directed to "special" populations within the ageing network; a variety of subgroups for which some special considerations must be made. Discusses the needs and services provided for older people who are developmentally disabled, including group work process and models.
Supported parenting for people with learning difficulties: lessons from Winconsin
- Authors:
- BOOTH Tim, BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Representing Children, 9(2), 1996, pp.99-107.
- Publisher:
- National Youth Advocacy Service
Describes the work of the authors who are currently working on an action research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The aim of the project is to develop a local support network for parents with learning difficulties which is based on the principles of advocacy and self help.
House of power
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Women with learning difficulties are vulnerable to violence and abuse. The article reports on a new user-led refuge, Beverley Lewis House, helping them face the future.