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Changing Ideas
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By
Linda Ward, Senior Research Fellow, Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol and Programme Advisor (Disability) Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
Terry Philpot, Editor, Community Care
Description
The aim of the book is to highlight and explore key issues in the field of learning difficulties which are overshadowed by the current
preoccupation with administrative reforms of community services and the NHS. Specialist contributors focus on four
main areas, covering
changes to peoples' daily lives, changes in practice, changing issues and changing strategies. Emphasis is on learning from practice
and examples are drawn from 'leading edge' projects. Practical opportunities for change
Contents
EQUAL CITIZENS: Current issues for people with learning difficulties and their allies; CHANGING LIVES: Supporting families; A home of
their own; Real jobs and supported employment; Choice and change; CHANGING PRACTICE: Moving forward or moving back?; A
seamless service?;
Putting people first?; Take it from us: Training by people who know what they are talking about; Contracting for change: From the bottom
up; Partnership in practice; The right to complain; CHANGING ISSUES: Confronting colour blindness; A woman's place?; Issues of gender;
What kind of future; Self advocacy and inclusion; A challange to change; No more double standards; For better for worse; Health lives;
Clearer visions and equal value; To have and have not; What the papers say; CHANGING STRATEGIES: Building better communities; Count us
in.
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Paperback, 400 pages, publication date: SEP-1995
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-2248-6
ISBN-10: 0-7506-2248-2
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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