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If only I'd known that a year ago: a guide for newly disabled people, their families and friends
- Author:
- ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
- Publisher:
- Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 13p.,lists of orgs.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains information sheets on: community care; housing; daily living; mobility; education; employment; community health services; support for carers; social security; personal relationships; and holidays, leisure and sports.
Subversive political praxis: supporting choice, power and control for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- THOMPSON S. A.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 18(6), October 2003, pp.719-736.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper is drawn from research conducted with gay and bisexual men with learning difficulties, a project that included participants' various struggles to self-identify within these alternative sexualities. Significant parts of this identity work were mitigated by participation in what is referred to here as 'politically radical support groups'. Three facilitators of these groups, professionals in the areas of sex education, were interviewed and a common itinerary was uncovered, namely a subversive and political praxis. At its heart, such praxis argues that educational endeavours for people with learning difficulties must not only account for disabling practices, but more importantly, maximally prioritise the mitigation of such prejudice within educational activities. Furthermore, it is argued that political praxis is not merely theoretical; six practical strategies are offered. In these ways, caregivers are offered concrete approaches to (genuinely) support the choice, power and control for people with learning difficulties.
Whatever next?: young disabled people leaving care
- Authors:
- RABIEE Parvaneh, PRIESTLEY Mark, KNOWLES Julie
- Publisher:
- First Key
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report explains the policy background to transitional planning and examines how young disabled people may be affected by new arrangements for care leavers. It includes contributions and stories from 28 young disabled people who have been looked after and are making the transition to adulthood.
Youth in society: contemporary theory, policy and practice
- Editors:
- ROCHE Jeremy, TUCKER Stanley
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 270p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers a wide ranging and critical overview of the analyses and debates surrounding young people in the UK today. Addresses the following themes and issues: citizenship, participation and empowerment; social difference and social identity; images of youth; young people and the politics of service provision; and working with young people in different contexts.
Working with girls and young women in community settings
- Author:
- BATSLEER Janet
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 174p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Source book for youth workers, social workers, community workers and others involved with education outside the school for girls and young women. Tackles issues such as: sexuality, violence, racism, poverty and motherhood, the politics of disability, and cross cultural work. Also explores the prospects for alliance across professional boundaries, which will benefit girls and young women in the years to come.
Directory for disabled people: a handbook of information for everyone involved in disability
- Authors:
- DARNBROUGH Ann, KINRADE Derek, comps
- Publisher:
- Prentice Hall/Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 479p.
- Place of publication:
- Hemel Hempstead
Covers statutory services, benefits and allowances, aids and equipment, house and home, education and training, employment, holidays, leisure, sex and personal relationships, legislation, and access. Lists and describes organisations which provide services.