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Evaluation of an independent living skills training project: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Place of publication:
- York
Greenwich Association of Disabled People initiated a training project to equip disabled people with skills they need to employ their own personal assistants, thereby enabling them to choose this independent living option giving them increased control over their own lives'. Over a period of 18 months, 14 people who already employed personal assistants were trained as Independent Living Skills Trainers, and 7 courses in Independent Living Skill were provided.
The impact of Part M on the design of new housing
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Part M of the Building Regulations requires housebuilders to construct new housing to standards that enable disabled people, particularly wheelchair users and those with mobility or ambulant impairments, to visit a house and have access to a groundfloor living space and toilet. It also seeks to enable occupiers to cope better with any reduction in their mobility. There is, however, little or no information about the impact of the regulation on the design of new dwellings. This study, researched the attitudes of builders and building control officers towards Part M and how the regulation is being interpreted and applied.