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Whose difficulty is it anyway?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.7.94, 1994, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A growing number of people with learning difficulties are becoming parents. Many often feel let down by professionals because they are perceived as not being able to look after their children. Investigates parents' grievances and looks at some solutions.
Parent power
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 29.03.05, 2005, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Representatives from CHANGE, the national organisation run by disabled people working for equal rights of all people with learning disabilities, has met with officials of various government departments to see what can be done to improve their situation in line with the White Paper 'Valuing People'.
Holding the baby
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.98, 1998, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Is a woman with learning and emotional difficulties capable of looking after her child? The author discusses the problem of the delicate choice between the rights of the mother and the rights of the child.
A worker under siege
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.10.00, 2000, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After removing four children from the risk of abuse, a child protection worker had to face threats and violence from their mother. Explains how an already delicate situation escalated into violence.
Family matters
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.99, 1999, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.