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Disability rights and the local government ombudsman: a study of English social services reports
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Stepping stones to quality: a step-by-step guide to monitoring and evaluating the disability information service
- Authors:
- OWEN Bob, ROLPH Jenny, THOMPSON Andrew
- Publisher:
- Devon Disability Information and Advice Federation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Practical 10 step guide describing the different principles and practices that are involved in monitoring and evaluating the disability information service. Centres looked at are: generalist centres; hearing and sight centre; and independent living centre.
Taking care
- Author:
- COWEN Alison
- Publisher:
- Family Fund/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 80p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Written by parents of children with a wide range of disabilities, including learning difficulties, sensory impairments and physical disabilities. Shows how parents of disabled children experience high levels of stress, but also how they find their own ways of coping and of enjoying life with a disabled child. Aimed not only at other parents, but also at service providers. Shows the importance of properly co-ordinated support and the need for improved information.
Inform '92: meeting the information needs of disabled people in Europe; International Conference Centre, Birmingham 13 and 14 October 1992
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 159p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: acceptable language in information provision; the National Disability Information Project; telephone information helplines; MENCAP's profound intellectual and multiple disabilities section; physical and attitudinal barriers to effective information provision; employment information for people with disabilities; the accessibility of public information in different European countries; the EC's Helios programme; Kent County Council and links between disabled people in Europe; methods of disseminating information; the Deaf Women's Health Project; the Asian People with Disabilities Alliance; information and visual impairment; advocacy and the law; the use and value of information technology; and travelling and tourism for all.