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A foot in the door: the early years of supported living for people with learning difficulties in the UK
- Authors:
- SIMONS Ken, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 158p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Reviews the experience of developing supported living in the UK, focusing in particular on the supported living programme set up by the National Development Team. Explores the principles of supported living, describes how these principles have been put into practice, outlines some of the barriers encountered during the development of supported living, and discusses the strategic implications of making supported living more widely available.
In black and white
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.5.97, 1997, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research findings have been made available to people with learning difficulties in a magazine they helped devise themselves. Explains the work of the Plain Facts project.
Learning difficulties
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 3, April 1997, pp.10-12.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Controversy is still raging over whether village communities for people with learning difficulties are a better option then living within mainstream society. New research evaluates and compares the different accommodation options. Also looks at how help is at hand for researchers to help them share their knowledge with people with learning disabilities themselves.