Search results for ‘Subject term:"physical disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 2 of 2
Deaf and disabled, or deafness disabled: towards a human rights perspective
- Author:
- CORKER Mairian
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 175p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Uses a multidisciplinary, post-modernist approach to the search for an inclusive framework for understanding deafness and disability, which aims to liberate the political potential of socio-cultural diversity and develop our thinking about disability as a form of social oppression.
Voices and choices: young people who use assisted ventilation; their health and social care, and education
- Author:
- NOYES Jane
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 105p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the experience of being a young person dependent on a ventilator. Goes on to look at: the policy context; children's rights; the research study and the young people and their families who participated; and who the report is aimed at. Chapter two is on young people in hospital and looks at: NHS service provision; social services; rehabilitation; play; education; families; memories of hospitalisation; long term impact; and good practice. Chapter three covers getting home from hospital, including: discharge planning; involving young people; working with parents; multi agency working; care packages; adapting the family home; complaining; and good practice. Chapter four is on living at home and deals with: coming home; emergency planning; employed carers; coordinating care and negotiating boundaries; staying healthy; friends and hobbies; and equipment and supplies. Chapter five looks at starting school and the support needed. Chapter six is on growing up, including young people's views and experiences, sexuality, and the role of parents. Chapter seven focuses on young people who do not live with their parents. Concludes with a chapter on rights, social security, and education, leisure and cultural activities.