Search results for ‘Subject term:"physical disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 10 of 16
Direct payments: the impact on choice and control for disabled people
- Authors:
- WITCHER Sally, et al
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
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.
Involving volunteers with disabilities
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Volunteering, 64, December 2000, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Volunteering England
Presents guidance on involving people with disabilities in volunteering.
Art for people's sake
- Author:
- GREEN Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.6.00, 2000, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The art world often looks like an intimidating place from the outside - all the more so for people whose creativity has never been encouraged. Reports on a project in Bournemouth which overcame these obstacles for a diverse group of service users.
Bathing: the body and community care
- Author:
- TWIGG Julia
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 240p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Uses bathing as a means of exploring what happens when the public world of professionals enters the lives of older and disabled people. Analyses the experiences of users and carers in the light of historical, sociological and anthropological theory and explores concepts of the body and carework.
We have choices: globalisation and welfare user movements
- Authors:
- BERESFORD Peter, HOLDEN Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 15(7), December 2000, pp.973-989.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article connects and juxtaposes two important contemporary discourses in social policy: those of globalisation and of the 'welfare users' movements, particularly the movements of disabled people. It questions the widespread use of the globalisation process as a rationale for accepting that social policies should be subordinated to narrow economic constraints. It discusses the implications of social policies associated with globalisation for disabled people and other welfare service users, and their response to these. In particular the movements' emphasis on asserting choice in policy and their ability to influence the policy process is noted. The article concludes that there is much to be gained from a closer dialogue between the users' movements and social policy as a discipline, although there still seems to be some resistance to this from the latter.
Right on our side
- Author:
- JACKSON Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(1), September 2000, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on how legislation is just one of the many tools the Disability Rights Commission will be using to tackle discrimination.
The learning journey
- Authors:
- BROWN Kate, SPRIGGS Len
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 11(8), April 2000, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
The authors report on a university scheme which enables students with disabilities to make informed choices about their future.
Getting there and back: consultation with users of transport services to Newham Social Services day centres
- Author:
- CRAW Marc
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 25p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
As part of the Best Value consultation process, this survey looks at user and centre manager satisfaction with transport services to and from day centres.
Grandparents raising children with and without a developmental disability: preliminary comparisons
- Authors:
- FORCE Lawrence T., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(4), 2000, pp.5-21.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study compared two groups of grandparents, those who were raising grandchildren with a developmental disability, and those raising grandchildren without a developmental disability. Service use, depressive symptoms among grandparents and the impact of welfare reform are considered among other variables. Recommendations are made for the various service systems which impact upon these families. Issues for future research are also identified.