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Disabled students and transition planning: a role for social work
- Author:
- ADAMS Amanda
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 59p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
This publication is concerned with the transition to independent living for young disabled people and the potential role for social work in this process. Using empirical data from interviews conducted with final-year students in a residential further education college, it examines their perceptions of independent living and the "disabling barriers" faced in planning for this transition. The findings are then located within current theoretical, legislative and organisational frameworks in order to validate student experiences within the wider arena of young disabled people and independent living. A role for social work in tackling such inequalities within a non-traditional setting is also considered. The publication concludes by making some general observations in relation to policy and practice issues for social workers involved in transition planning with young disabled people and their families.