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Still missing: volume 1; the experience of disabled children and young people living away from home
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Who Cares Trust
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 57p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the experiences of thirty disabled people who spent most of their childhood away from their families. A companion volume examines policy and practice implications of the experiences recorded here and looks in detail at how three local authorities are attempting to meet the needs of disabled children.
Still missing: volume 2; disabled children and the Children Act
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Who Cares Trust
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 121p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report looking in detail at how three local authorities are implementing the Children Act 1989 as it applies to disabled children, and attempts to answer some of the policy and practice implications of the experiences recorded in volume one, which presented the views of thirty disabled people who spent most of their childhood away from home.
Don't leave us out: involving disabled children and young people with communication impairments
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- York Publishing Service/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 80p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Explains how the author and her co-researchers set about obtaining the views and experiences of thirty young disabled people, many of whom were described as having severe communication and or cognitive impairments, regarding the plans and provisions made for them by local authorities and others. Describes the practicalities involved, including gaining consent, planning visits, using facilitators, equipment and communication aids, and being with the young people. Also describes how the project established a reference group of young people who could advise the researchers as the project progressed.
Accessing human rights: disabled children and the Children Act
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 65p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Barkingside
Report examining to what extent the Children Act 1989 protects and promotes the human rights of disabled children. Taking the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as a starting point, aims to stimulate debate and to challenge the assumption that all children are treated equally at all times.