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Independent means
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 24.9.92, 1992, p.14.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Considers whether the ADSS will support the campaign for direct payments to people with disabilities.
Paying direct
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.8.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With increasing speculation that the government may be reversing its previous opposition to direct payments to disabled people, considers the role of the Independent Living Fund and its successor, the Independent Living (Extension) Fund in meeting the needs of severely disabled people.
Cash on the nail
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.10.96, 1996, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how at last, after years of campaigning, disabled people are entitled to cash payments rather than services. But some local authorities, often co-campaigners in that fight, now fear the arrangement could backfire.
Flexible choices
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.11.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As government considers its options on funding services for disabled people, a survey commissioned by the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People reveals overwhelming support within social services for giving people the cash to buy their own care.