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A betrayal of trust
- Author:
- SUTTON Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.5.91, 1991, p.7.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Queries the Government's decision not to implement sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Disabled Persons Act 1986, whose mechanism for user-led assessment and choice in community care are in keeping with community care reforms.
Fathers of children with special needs: new horizons
- Author:
- MAY James
- Publisher:
- Association for the Care of Children's Health
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 63p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bethesda, MD
An introduction to the subject of fathers with children with special needs, with the aim of encouraging further research into the subject and to provide the impetus for new, innovative programmes designed to include fathers as integral to family based service delivery.
Building our lives: housing, independent living and disabled people; a conference report
- Author:
- LAURIE Linda
- Publisher:
- Shelter
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 90p.,illus.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes chapters on local authority policy and practice; housing associations; user participation; independent living schemes (including schemes for people with HIV and AIDS); and design practice for independent living.
New lifestyles for carers: a training exercise for staff and carers based on the principle of normalisation
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BASSETT Thurstine
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- Booklet and cards in pack.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Teaching pack designed to be used in a training exercise raising issues about the way we, as individuals, and our caring services in general, relate to and affect the lives of carers of people disabilities. The pack is flexible and designed to be used with staff from health, social services, housing, and voluntary and private agencies in a wide range of settings and contexts.
Adults at risk: procedural guidelines for professionals in relation to people with physical or sensory disability, mental illness, or learning difficulties (mental handicap)
- Author:
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Gloucestershire. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 28p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- Gloucester
Describes action to be taken when vulnerable adults, living in the community, are found to be living in circumstances which present an unacceptable level of danger and co-ordinated intervention by caring agencies is necessary.
Disabled people in Britain and discrimination: a case for anti-discrimination legislation
- Author:
- BARNES Colin
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People/Hurst & Co
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 282p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Clay Cross
Challenges the perception that disabled people are clients of social services. Outlines legislative action taken in other countries to ensure that disabled people have the same rights as others. Argues that in Britain we have failed to attack discriminatory practices because of the entrenched charity model of services. Includes chapters on: education; employment; social security; housing and transport; leisure and the influence of the media; and political life.