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Equipped for living or self-determination?
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Jane
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(3), March 1994, pp.89-90.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Argues that independent living is a fundamental human right. Because disabled people need facilitation on the road to empowerment the role of occupational therapists is a vital one.
Friendly assistance
- Author:
- BURKE Cathy
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 3.3.94, 1994, p.13.
Personal assistants help disabled people to achieve equal rights and opportunities. Looks at the tasks and skills demanded of a personal assistant and concludes that while the user is not a friend but an employer yet the ideal relationship is something akin to colleagues.
In whose service? A review of the development of services for disabled people
- Author:
- FRENCH Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 2(1), 1994, pp.8-11.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Traces the history of welfare provision for disabled people from the Middle Ages, through the Industrial Revolution, the rise of the medical profession, the Eugenics movement, post-war services, deinstitutionalisation and the role of disabled people.
The exclusion of disabled people from positions of power in British voluntary organisations
- Author:
- DRAKE Robert F.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 9(4), 1994, pp.461-480.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Disabled people are excluded in various ways from a wide range of social privileges, activities and institutions. Voluntary and charitable organisations promote themselves as champions of disabled people in their struggle to access to the ordinary choices and opportunities of everyday life. Reports the findings of a study which demonstrates that in voluntary agencies governed by able-bodied people, disabled people are excluded from positions of power and influence, and they experience the same sorts of barriers and constraints as those with which they are confronted in the wider world.
Defining disability - a position statement by the Derbyshire Coalition of Disabled People
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 2(1), 1994, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
A paper presented at a conference held in Nottingham in late 1993 'Key Issues in Disability: Rights or Charity, the Future of Welfare'. Considers the 'medical model' or 'individual model' of disability, and the development of the 'social approach' as a politically significant alternative definition.
Serving the cause of equal citizenship: welfare farms or welfare citizenship?
- Author:
- DAVIS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 2(1), 1994, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Considers the role of the disability rights movement in challenging the provisions of Beveridge's welfare state.
Peer advocacy
- Author:
- BRANDON David
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(3), December 1994, pp.218-224.
People with disabilities are disempowered by changes in delivery of services in non-hospital settings. In Canada many developments have been achieved in advanced service delivery systems, beyond the limited designs elsewhere. None the less, these influences have reached services in the UK, where brokerage services have been established in some settings. Three clear stages have emerged in the analysis of successful advocacy systems: ad hoc pressure by individuals; demonstration pilot schemes; mainstream provision.
A change of view
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94, 1994, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
When someone has multiple disabilities visual impairment may go unrecognised. Reports on a visit to Springfield Centre, in Glasgow, which has been purpose-built by the RNIB to help visually impaired adults to develop independent living, communication and mobility skills to enable them to feel more confident in coping with the outside world.
Moving on: from welfare paternalism to welfare citizenship (The Ungrateful Bastards)
- Author:
- OLIVER Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 2(1), 1994, pp.12-16.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Considers fifty years of welfare state paternalism and the need for the disability rights movements.
Self-directed services: direct payments and personal assistance schemes
- Author:
- ELSEGOOD Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 2(1), 1994, pp.17-19.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Reviews the experiences of the Greenwich Association of Disabled People in setting up and running a personal assistance scheme designed to maximise disabled people's control over their own lives in the emerging new welfare arrangements.