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The power to change: commissioning health and social services with disabled people
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 46p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out guidelines for those commissioning health and social services for people with physical and/or sensory impairments between the ages of 16 and 65.
Making sense together: practical approaches to supporting children who have multisensory impairments
- Author:
- WYMAN Rosalind
- Publisher:
- Souvenir Press
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 278p.,illus.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draws on the authors own experiences of working closely with parents to develop the abilities of children who have multisensory impairments. Working with children ranging from a few months to the teenage years, the author describes a holistic approach that will develop communication, self help skills and confidence in their ability to explore their world in a positive way.
Shaping the future: the experiences of blind and partially sighted children and young people in the UK; summary report
- Authors:
- COLE-HAMILTON Issy, VALE Dan
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 91p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Survey of blind and partially sighted children and young people between five and twenty-five, which examines their experiences of education, social and leisure activities, transport and mobility, health care and the attitudes and awareness of others. Makes recommendations for better future practice.
Widening the loop: the co-ordination of rehabilitation services for people with disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Inter-Departmental Group on Disability. Sub-Group on the Co-ordination of Rehabilitation Services for People with Disabilities
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Inter-Departmental Group on Disability
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 19p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report looking at ways of improving communication and co-ordination of service planning and delivery between national and local statutory and non-statutory agencies concerned with rehabilitation, education and training (including employment) for people with disabilities.
Visual handicap: the consumer and the professional
- Author:
- DUDLEY Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 3(1), 1996, pp.2-4.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Gives a personal insight into the problems facing those with a visual handicap and other disabilities when using health and social services. Argues that people with disabilities should play a greater role in the training of professional staff working within health and social services and should also be given the opportunity to work within these services themselves.