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Using IT to make the system work for you
- Author:
- WILKINSON Ann
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 6(3), Winter 1992, pp.21-26.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
A report on the British Computer Society Disabled Special Interest Group Conference.
Disabled people find a voice: will it be heard in the move towards community care?
- Author:
- MULLENDER Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 6(1), 1992, pp.5-15.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Outlines the differences in stance between traditional social work practice and the disability movement, arguing that professionals need to come to terms with disabled people's own definitions of disability, as a basis for good practice in the context of community care. Professionals should also offer their support to user-led organisations and become active in facilitating the kind of representation of disabled people which will guarantee them a voice in policy-making.
New technology in the human services: an equaliser of opportunities?
- Authors:
- RAFFERTY Jackie, WILKINSON Ann
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 6(2), Summer 1992, pp.2-12.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
Describes the tensions between equal opportunities, human service agencies and the information technology industry; the antagonism of many in the statutory social services field in the U.K. towards information technology; the different approach in the U.K. voluntary sector; and the role of computers with women, the black community, and people with a disability.
Easing the way with special needs
- Authors:
- RANDALL Peter, GIBB Charles
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 6(3), 1992, pp.206-210.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper describes the failure of social workers and teachers to communicate effectively in meeting the needs of disabled young people in the transition from school to community, and the use of a complete special needs assessment and planning package, the GIRA Disability Assessment as a means whereby an effective transition between school and social services provision can be effected.