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Imagining welfare: help
- Author:
- SHAKESPEARE Tom
- Publisher:
- Venture Press/British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 110p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the social relations of care from a disability studies perspective. Discusses the concept of giving and receiving help in terms of colonialisation and of the 'other'. Describes those who receive help and the social treatment and cultural constructions which render them excluded; those who give help, whether professionals, relatives or volunteers; the relationship between helpers and the helped, particularly in its institutional forms; and suggests alternative approaches that may resolve the problematic aspects of these relationships.
Dependency in early life
- Author:
- MOSS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 1(1), 1983, pp.8-11.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Research has shown that dependency is not an immutable fixed quality of an individual, but can be varied in response to external factors. Dependency has undesirable consequences not only for the dependent person, but also for those whose caring role carries its own, socially derived, forms of dependency; dependency, therefore, becomes inextricably linked with the role of women in society. A more informed discussion is called for to explore the implications of setting, as a policy goal, the maximisation of the independence of dependent groups. Key practical issues in this context are mobility, income and housing. There is also the need for a radical redefinition of the work-family relationship.
Disabled young adults and the parental home
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Young disabled people had similar aspirations to their non-disabled peers. Most wanted to leave the parental home and most did not regard their first house as a home for life. They expected eventually to form a new household with a partner and/or children and to seek housing to suit. Disabled people and their non-disabled peers took similar routes to leaving home, whether they had left the parental home to pursue education, had left with family support in a planned way, or had left following a crisis in the family. Their attitudes to housing were related to: a sense of independence and control; access to local amenities; feeling safe or unsafe in the neighbourhood; features of the property (including accessible design); possessions in the home; and relationships with household members and neighbours.
Leaving school special: the next step and future aspirations
- Author:
- MITCHELL Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(6), November 1999, pp.753-769.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper focuses upon the transition experiences of disabled young people, a group frequently hidden within discussions of 'youth'. It initially discusses young people's next educational/vocational step after school leaving in relation to the traditional idea of a school to work transition. Taking a broader approach the paper then focuses on the complex concept of a more independent 'adult' status from the perspective of the study's young people and their parents/carers.
Yes! she knows she's here
- Author:
- SCHAEFER Nicola
- Publisher:
- Inclusion Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 154p.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Through this book readers are treated to the work that Catherine, her friends and family have accomplished in buying an ordinary home and setting up a supportive household. In the late '90's, living in one's own home is still controversial in the world of disability, particularly for an individual who doesn't speak in words and who participates with 24 hour per day support from others. Catherine has now been on this path for more than eleven years. In 1986, days before her 25th birthday, Catherine moved from her parents’ into her own home. It was an exciting, somewhat anxious time, the culmination of two years of planning and hard work on the part of many people. Everyone was eager to help Cath create a home for herself where she would have both the necessary paid, live-in support and the freely given friendship and help of others living in the two upstairs apartments. This book celebrates Cath’s 35th birthday and the 10th anniversary of her move.
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.