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Everybody here?: play and leisure for disabled children and young people; a Contact a Family survey of families' experiences in the UK
- Author:
- SHELLEY Pauline
- Publisher:
- Contact a Family
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report from Contact a Family draws on the experiences of over 1000 families with disabled children in trying to access everyday leisure opportunities across the UK, including swimming pools, cinemas, after school clubs, holiday playschemes and major attractions. Not surprisingly the answer to the question ‘Is everybody here?’ is a very clear no. It provides an overview of current legislation and government policy, identifies the barriers to participation, and ends with clear sets of recommendations to providers and policy-makers. There is also a useful appendix listing attractions positively recommended by parents.
Report of the task and finish group on care pathways for long term neurological conditions
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government. Task and Finish Group on Care Pathways for Long Term Neurological Conditions
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report by the Welsh Neuroscience Expert Group Care Pathways sub-group outlines a process for the development of care pathways to support children, young people and adults with long term neurological conditions. The aim of these pathways is to help people with long term neurological conditions manage their condition, maintain independence and achieve the best possible quality of life through an integrated process of education, information sharing, assessment, care planning and service delivery. It is suggested that this would be as delineated in the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions for England. Areas addressed are: early recognition, diagnosis and treatment; acute care; early specialist rehabilitation; community and longer term rehabilitation; transitions; vocational and educational rehabilitation; equipment and accommodation; personal care and support for the sufferer, their families and carers; palliative care, care within hospital and other health or social care settings; quality assurance, audit and development.
Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide
- Author:
- DRIVERS JONAS
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 112p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The primary objective of this guide is to ensure the Town and Country Planning system in England successfully and consistently delivers inclusive environments as an integral part of the development process. An inclusive environment is one that can be used by everyone, regardless of age, gender or disability. This guide: provides guidance, information and examples of good practice, relevant to all participants in the development and planning process local authorities, developers, occupiers, investors, access groups and disability organisations; introduces and explains the relevant legislation and policy frameworks, and in particular how the process of town planning must take a pre-eminent role in delivering inclusive environments; describes how local planning authorities can put in place appropriate planning policies and development control processes and suggests ways in which these can be best implemented and enforced; describes how developers, occupiers and investors can actively contribute to the delivery of inclusive environments; outlines the economic and social benefits of inclusive environments; and signposts other relevant literature and provides useful contacts.