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Information: a key to empowerment; a strategy for information for disabled people on the Isle of Wight; report of a six week study tour ... for the Community Health Services Isle of Wight District Health Authority
- Author:
- DAWSON Ruth
- Publisher:
- Isle of Wight District Health Authority. Community Health Services
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 39p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Newport
Report focusing on the role that information plays in improving the quality of life of disabled people, with the aim of producing a workable strategy for information provision.
Countdown to community care: arthritis care
- Authors:
- GUTCH Richard, COPE Doreen
- Publisher:
- Arthritis Care
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Assesses the implications of the community care reforms for people with arthritis.
Children first: working with children and disability
- Author:
- MIDDLETON Laura
- Publisher:
- Venture Press/British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 135p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Aims to demystify and remove the fear from working with disability and translate the philosophy of the Children Act 1989 into practice. Provides a guide to all legislation affecting disabled children, including the Disabled Persons Act 1986 and the Education Reform Act 1988. Alerts professionals to the risk of abuse of disabled children. Explores the needs of parents and relates current social theories of disabilities to attitudes adopted towards children.
Independent living
- Authors:
- MUNRO Kate, ELDER-WOODWARD James
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingstone
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Looks at how thinking on independent living for social services users has developed, using the example of development of services for physically disabled people.
Warner inquiry: selection and recruitment of staff in children's homes; RADAR response
- Author:
- ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
RADAR response to the Warner Inquiry, putting the case for greater employment of disabled people in residential care, and making recommendations for good recruitment and retention policies and strategies.
Door to door: a guide to transport for people with disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Transport
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 168p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guide covering all forms of transport for both local and longer distance journeys. Provides contact points for further information. In 11 sections: getting started (including information on: benefits and allowances; equipment; and mobility for blind and partially sighted people); planning your journey; local trips; travelling in and across London; travelling further afield; cars and driving; travelling abroad; holidays; geographical directory; useful publications; and subject index.
Survey of elderly and disabled members of Lancashire's ethnic minority communities; report no.1
- Authors:
- BARROW Steve, MALLATRATT Mary
- Publisher:
- Lancashire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 100p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Preston
Survey carried out to discover how members of the ethnic minority communities viewed existing services and to identify any changes which would be needed to make the service more relevant to cultural and religious needs.
Requirements for the successful integration of disabled people into working life: summery report on a study conducted in Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
- Author:
- SEYFRIED Erwin
- Publisher:
- European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 136p.
- Place of publication:
- Berlin
Allowances and pensions for disability: a study of recipients' views of four schemes administered by the Department of Social Security, carried out on behalf of the National Audit Office
- Authors:
- COSTIGAN Paddy, RITCHIE Jane, WHITE Clarissa
- Publisher:
- Social and Community Planning Research
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 93p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
The schemes examined were: attendance allowance; mobility allowance; invalid care allowance; and war pensions.
Images of disability on television
- Authors:
- CUMBERBATCH Guy, NEGRINE Ralph
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 192p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study, based on a detailed analysis of programme content, commissioned by the Broadcasting Research Unit.