Your disabled child has grown up and is about to leave school. His or her world of support is about to end and another start. This article looks at one Southampton parent's stressful experience when responsibility changed from children's to adult services.
Your disabled child has grown up and is about to leave school. His or her world of support is about to end and another start. This article looks at one Southampton parent's stressful experience when responsibility changed from children's to adult services.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, physical disabilities, policy, social services, social care provision, adults, children;
Social services inspectors have found that councils' progress in supporting disabled people in work varies widely. Explores the reasons behind the discrepancies.
Social services inspectors have found that councils' progress in supporting disabled people in work varies widely. Explores the reasons behind the discrepancies.
Subject terms:
inspection, local authorities, performance evaluation, physical disabilities, policy, social services, social care provision, supported employment;
Reports on a unique respite service for children with learning or physical disabilities, which is being provided by a local authority (Middlesbrough) and a voluntary organisation (Shaftsbury Society).
Reports on a unique respite service for children with learning or physical disabilities, which is being provided by a local authority (Middlesbrough) and a voluntary organisation (Shaftsbury Society).
Subject terms:
joint working, learning disabilities, local authorities, physical disabilities, short break care, social services, social care provision, voluntary organisations, young people, children;
Children with no hearing often feel isolated and excluded. The author discovers a scheme in Bristol where children can be looked after on a short-term basis by carers they might identify with - deaf adults.
Children with no hearing often feel isolated and excluded. The author discovers a scheme in Bristol where children can be looked after on a short-term basis by carers they might identify with - deaf adults.
Subject terms:
social isolation, needs, physical disabilities, social exclusion, short break care, social care provision, carers, children, communication, deafness;