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New voices: self-advocacy by people with disabilities
- Editors:
- DYBWAD Gunnar, BERSANI Hank Jr.
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 286p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Collection of papers on self advocacy by people with developmental disabilities, many by self advocates themselves. Provides an historical background to the development of the self advocacy movement in the Western world. Examines the current state of self advocacy activities, and concludes by projecting the movement's future course as it continues to be accelerate worldwide amongst people with learning difficulties.
The beliefs, values and principles of self-advocacy
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF SOCIETIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL HANDICAP
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Booklet setting out values and principles for self-advocacy. Also contains sections on: support and the role of a support person; empowerment; institutions; and stories of good practice from around the world.
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.
Personnel services
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, MACADAM Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.10.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how fully involving service users in the selection of new staff can have positive results for employment practice, with benefits to staff and their clients.
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.
Independent living: planning ahead
- Author:
- SANDERSON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author discusses changes in approach amongst staff making plans for people with learning difficulties.
The fight-for-rights
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.7.96, 1996, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author writes that disabled people, elderly people with learning difficulties are all speaking out loudly to be heard.
Inclusion and autonomy for people with multiple and complex learning difficulties
- Authors:
- MERRILL Kirsten, BOYCE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Applied Community Studies, 3(1), 1996, pp.77-91.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
For people such as those with severe learning difficulties who have had little or no involvement in decision making over their futures, learning to make decisions inevitably requires the time and resources afforded them by more able others. The Advocacy Movement has been hugely influential, though there is still a need for change in societal attitudes. This paper attempts to address issues relating to successful integration such as the availability of resources, ethical implications and the tension that can arise between the service users and professionals.
Changing day service for people with learning disabilities: a case study of Staffordshire social services
- Author:
- SCRAGG Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care Management and Planning, 4(2), April 1996, pp.61-68.
- Publisher:
- Pavillion
Describes developments in day services for people with learning disabilities in Staffordshire since 1993 when a major review of these services began a process of change, with the intention of creating a community based service more responsive to service users' needs. The case study reports on an evaluation of two key recommendations of the review; the introduction of an individual planning system and self-advocacy initiatives in adult training centres.