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A lifeline for Tom and Mary
- Author:
- THORP Samantha
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 22.02.06, 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Parents of disabled children have to navigate a complex maze of health and care services often under trying circumstances. This article discusses the importance of support services for these parents. The article focuses on a local family support group in Wandsworth, south London which is run by the national organisation Contact a Family.
Joint protocol between National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) and Association for Directors of Social Services (ADSS) for the provision of centres of independent living (CILs) and user led support services
- Authors:
- NATIONAL CENTRES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Support should be commissioned locally towards enabling independent living and should embody the ethos of independent living. Direct payments are primarily a means to independent living. Successful use of direct payments relies on timely and high quality access to appropriate support. Issues raised by carers organisations need to be respected and addressed. At the same time, disabled people like their non-disabled peers can be heavily influenced by significant people who surround them. It is therefore vital that local authority commissioning protocols includes requesting carer led organisations to embrace and promote concepts such as independent living, the social model of disability and the self-determination of disabled people.