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Children with a spinal cord injury returning to school
- Author:
- KNIGHT Abigail
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.10.08, 2008, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Summarises the findings of a study to explore the experiences of children and young people with a spinal cord injury (SCI) in mainstream school in England and Wales. The study asked young people, parents and carers about their positive and negative experiences. It also aimed to investigate schools' experiences of working with young people with SCI and the challenges and factors that help them work effectively with these children. The study was carried out by the Thomas Coram Research Unit, the Institute of Education at the University of London, and was funded by the Back-Up Trust.
Disability and social change: private lives and public policies
- Authors:
- SHAH Sonali, PRIESTLY Mark
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Combining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It explores how public policies and institutional care have influenced the types of life-choices and the opportunities available to people. It also asks whether life has really changed for disabled people. A key strength of the book is how it uses biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time. Chapters cover: Policy, history and biography; Telling stories; Keeping it in the family; Living with medicine; Learning about life; and Working for a living. Especially relevant for researchers, students and policy makers.