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A wake-up call for service providers
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(2), October 2000, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Discusses how the Disability Discrimination Act aims to make services providers aware of their responsibilities to ensure that disabled people are not confronted by disablist attitudes or subject to negative generalisations by being labelled as having learning difficulties.
What we need is full civil rights legislation
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 17(2), 2003, pp.5-6.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Critically evaluates the draft Disability Discrimination Bill. Argues that it is unlikely that it will strengthen the civil rights of disabled people.
Independent living for disabled people
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(4), December 2005, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Government’s 2005 Green paper on Adult Social Care put forward a vision of ‘independence, well-being and choice’. While the notion of independent living was central to the vision and to the substantive policy proposals presented in the Green Paper, there was no definition of what ‘independent living’ actually means. The British Council of Disabled People (BCDP) supports many of the ideas in the Green Paper, such as the proposed introduction of individualised budgets. It also has concerns about the continuing lack of basic rights to receive support and to live independently in one’s own home, and about the way in which the new vision will be financed and implemented. This article looks at some of the concerns of the BCDP.
The imbalance of power
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 169, November 2002, p.14.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Describes research into the involvement of disabled women in local regeneration work in London.
Time for direct action
- Authors:
- VALOIS Natalie, ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.09.02, 2002, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The take up of direct payments is highest among disabled people, which is unsurprising considering it was the physical disability movement that pushed so hard for the scheme.However, practical problems and prejudicial attitudes within local and central government still present barriers to the uptake of direct payments for people with learning difficulties.
The SEN Bill: fine principles but will it work in practice?
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(3), January 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
As the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Bill reaches its final stages in parliament, the author argues that although the Bill gives disabled children and those with special education needs the right to mainstream education, mixing SEN and disability could lead to confusion and to some children, particularly those in care, failing to benefit.
Housing: new laws may force people back into institutions
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 9(4), April 1996, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author fears the Government's plan to introduce new criteria for Disability Facilities Grants and Housing Benefit could mean a return to long-term residence in institutions for disabled people.