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On the notions of disability and handicap
- Author:
- NORDENFELT L.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 2(1), January 1993, pp.17-24.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
In 1980, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps. In addition to a nomenclature and classification, this publication contains a set of elaborate definitions of the central concepts in the area. The conceptual structure has been the focus of intensive critical discussion during the last decade. In 1989, a special society, the Canadian Society for the ICIDH, presented an alternative characterization of the concepts. This article attempts to continue this discussion by deepening the analysis concerning, in particular, two aspects of disability and handicap: first, the idea of normality contained in the WHO classification; second, the idea of context dependence, which is a special focus of the Canadian group. As a result of this discussion, the author presents an alternative set of definitions of the notions of disability and handicap.
The Independent Living (1993) Fund
- Author:
- McGAVIN Pete
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, October 1993, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
Describes the dismantling of the ILF and the creation of its successor - the Independent Living (1993) Fund.
Disability, caring and marriage: the experience of younger couples when a partner is disabled after marriage
- Author:
- PARKER Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 23(6), December 1993, pp.565-580.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Draws on evidence from a small-scale qualitative study of couples under pensionable age where one partner has become disabled since marriage. Findings show that married couples in such a situation are left virtually unsupported, either practically or emotionally, at times when their relationship may be under considerable strain. Sexual relationships may falter or cease because of lack of knowledge, embarrassment or not knowing whom to approach for help. Other couples may be left in an empty shell of a marriage because no practical alternatives to the situation are offered.
Touching technology
- Author:
- WITTON Marion
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 7.10.93, 1993, p.13.
Discusses the range of electronic devices which can enhance user independence. Home automation enables people with disabilities to manage their home environment.
Options for employment
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.7.93, 1993, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Enterprise Awards: winner of one of 'Community Care' journal's awards, PACT a community development agency in Sussex which responds to local needs of people who are mentally ill or who have physical or sensory disability has been able to collate an information directory of all the local employment initiatives within the area.
Power pack
- Author:
- JENKINS Ginny
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 1.4.93, 1993, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Looks at the information needs of disabled people, and the role of the National Disability Information Project and the Disabled Living Foundation in meeting those needs.
Personal services
- Authors:
- OLIVER Mike, ZARB Gerry
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.3.93, 1993, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The aim of personal assistance schemes is to enable more disabled people to live independently in the community, through the employment of support workers. The authors' research show that not only are service users given freedom and power through these schemes but, as demonstrated by the examples from Greenwich personal assistance costs less than existing services.
Patterns and provision in respite care and the Children Act
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carole, STALKER Kirsten
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 23(1), February 1993, pp.45-63.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Presents the findings of a three-year study into respite care services to disabled children and discusses these in the light of the Children Act 1989.
Achievable goals
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.2.93, 1993, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author in her research, looked at the experience of people with physical disabilities in the community. She found that community care practice can be restrictive and create dependency, but also discovered the benefits of genuine independence, when that is achieved.
Home and dry
- Author:
- MAITLAND Nan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.2.93, 1993, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author, co-winner of last year's Isabel Schwartz Travel Fellowship, is pioneering homesharing for disabled people in the UK. The concept of homesharing which is well-established in America and Canada involves the house-holder providing accommodation in exchange for help and someone in the house at night. Describes the author's visits to the American National Shared Housing Resource Centre (NSHRC) and the Share and Care project in Canada where she studied their techniques and looks at the homesharing that has been achieved in the UK so far.