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Safety first
- Authors:
- SPEAKUP SELF ADVOCACY, BUBBLE MEDIA, (Producers)
- Publisher:
- Speakup Self Advocacy
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
Being safe means looking out for dangers when you are out and about, in the home, at work and when you are having fun. Daryl is making lunch, he is using the cooker to make soup and boil an egg. Could you see the danger? See what happens when Shelley comes in! Kathy's gone for a walk in the woods. She thinks she's safe, but she's on her own. Do you think that's safe? This DVD has lots of ideas for keeping safe.
Behind the scenes: work in Europe
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Val, WATSON Debby
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Video Journalism in Europe project produced three videos, entitled “Work in Europe”. These were made by people with learning difficulties who attended video training courses, developed as part of the project. On the videos, viewers meet workers with learning difficulties in different parts of Northern Europe who have succeeded in finding work. However, there are immense barriers that face thousands of other people with learning difficulties throughout Europe. That is why this report focuses first on the barriers and challenges.
Behind closed doors: preventing sexual abuse against adults with a learning disability
- Authors:
- MENCAP, RESPOND, VOICE UK
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report claims that abuse may be as much as four times higher for people with learning difficulties compared to the rest of the population. But it is estimated that out of around 1,400 cases of sex abuse each year only one per cent ever reach conviction.
Self-advocacy, civil rights and the social model of disability: final research report
- Authors:
- GOODLEY Dan, ARMSTRONG Derrick
- Publisher:
- University of Leeds. Centre for Disability Studies
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This study examined the self-advocacy of people with the label of ‘learning difficulties’ as enacted within self-advocacy groups and accounted for in personal narratives. This very process illuminated a number of significant concerns in relation to the doing of disability research by disabled researchers. The theoretical, political and cultural background to this study can be broadly split into two areas.
Cancer and people with learning disabilities: the evidence from published studies and experiences from cancer services
- Authors:
- HOGG James, NORTHFIELD John, TURNBULL John
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 57p.,bibliog.
Reviews the published literature on cancer and people with learning difficulties and reports on the experiences of people with learning difficulties, their families and staff of cancer services. The review was commissioned by the Department of Health to provide background information for 'Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century'.
Improving service quality through linked services development
- Author:
- BROADSHAW Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(4), October 2001, pp.12-18.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The University Affiliated Programme (UAP) aims to improve service quality by working in partnership with local services. This article reports on the establishment and development of linked services: three services for people with learning disabilities, living in small community houses that opened in late 1999 and early 2000. The focus of resources on a small number of linked services was designed to maximise the effectiveness of the involvement of the Tizard Centre, along with the Subscriber Network. It was intended that work in the linked services would be disseminated through this network. The UAP has worked with service users and providers since 1996, during which time users have moved from long-stay NHS hospital to community services. The service provider is also now a private organisation. The article outlines some of the projects which have been introduced or developed in these linked services and discusses some of the issues that have arisen while working in partnership with them. The benefits of working through a UAP will also be identified.
Working for Equality: a summary of the Scottish Executive's strategy for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Equality Unit
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Astron
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Leaflet about the Adults with Incapacity Act
Scottish Executive response to the report of the Disability Rights Task Force
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Sexuality: policies, beliefs and practice
- Authors:
- MURRAY J., MacDONALD R., LEVENSON V.
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(1), 2001, pp.29-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald