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Learning difficulties
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2004, 2004, pp.29-36.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Part of a special issue focusing on the green paper, Every Child Matters, and the Children Bill, which heavily emphasises partnership working. Asks about the impact of multi-agency working on families with children with complex needs and whether services can work better for autistic children. Lists practice points on multi-agency working and support for families with an autistic child, and key points.
Difference and choice: exploring prenatal testing and the use of genetic information with people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- WARD Linda, HOWARTH Joyce, RODGERS Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30(2), June 2002, pp.50-55.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Developments in genetics have huge implications for disabled people (including people with learning difficulties) and their families. There is a potential for greater understanding of - and ultimately, perhaps, treatments for - serious conditions like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anaemia, but there are also concerns about the negative implications, including the potential for discrimination in insurance and employment. This present article describes two workshops that explained the use of prenatal testing and genetic information to inform choices in pregnancy to people with learning difficulties, and then explores the issues with them and the contribution subsequently made by these people.
Transition: the experiences of young people with learning disabilities and their families in England
- Authors:
- WARD Linda, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 8(4), October 2003, pp.19-28.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on a study of 283 families with youngsters with learning disabilities to examine the experiences of young people and their families in the transition from children's to adult services. The research was carried out by the Home Farm Trust and the Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol, The research consisted of a postal questionnaire which was distributed to 370 families; 27 in-depth interviews which were conducted with parents in the family home; and 27 face-to-face interviews with the young people with learning difficulties from these families. The study found that existing legislation and guidance were largely failing youngsters with learning disabilities and their families at transition. There were substantial discrepancies between what ought to have been provided and what young people and their families experienced in practice, and significant difficulties as youngsters moved between children's and adult health and social services. Other difficulties experienced at transition are also reviewed, along with possibilities for improvements in practice. The study also looked at some innovative schemes and services in this area.
Learning difficulties
- Author:
- WARD Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 15, April 2003, pp.31-36.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Reports on a research project, 'Journey to Independence', which looked at what people with learning difficulties have found useful in accessing and using direct payments. The project was carried out by a self-advocacy organisation Swindon People First in partnership with the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol, with support from the Community Fund. The project also provided the project team with research skills needed to carry out the research, and provides important lessons for those wanting to increase the involvement of people with learning difficulties in research that concerns them.
Values and visions: changing ideas in services for people with learning difficulties
- Editors:
- PHILPOT Terry, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 422p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Includes chapters on: supporting families of children and adults with learning difficulties; achieving supported housing; supported employment and real jobs; continuing education for adults with learning difficulties; institutional trends in services; developing better relationships between health and social services; assessment and care management; making contracts work for people with learning difficulties; user participation in services; complaints procedures; developing better services for people from black and minority ethnic communities; gender issues; older people with learning difficulties; self advocacy; challenging behaviour; sexuality; parents with learning difficulties; poverty; and media images of people with learning difficulties. Also contains sections on services provision in the United States and Canada.