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National disability information provision: sources and issues
- Authors:
- HINKLEY Philipa, STEELE Jane
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report explaining the work of the project team on national provision of disability information. Also provides details of major organisations providing nationally relevant disability information.
Person to person: a guide for professionals working with people with disabilities
- Author:
- GETHING Lindsay
- Publisher:
- Maclennan and Petty
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 285p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sydney, NSW
Practical text that includes in-depth descriptions of 12 different types of disability, together with personal accounts of each. Each section also includes information on social and emotional aspects, family reactions, education, personal adjustment, sexuality, employment and leisure, attitudes of others, and how to react appropriately as a non-disabled person. The disabilities looked at are: cerebral palsy, impairment to the function of the spinal cord, amputation, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, short stature, learning disability, hearing impairment, and visual impairment.
Signposts to special needs: an information pack on meeting special educational needs in the mainstream classroom
- Author:
- NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BUREAU
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 19 leaflets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains information sheets on: meeting individual needs; assessment, the National Curriculum and special educational needs; managing behaviour; learning support services; parents as partners; pre-school children; childhood disorders; emotional and behavioural difficulties; boys with haemophilia; hearing impairment; hyperactivity; motor impairment; moderate learning difficulties; severe learning difficulties; specific learning difficulties; speech and language difficulties; and visually impaired pupils.