This the report of a one-day seminar, held on 28 November 1988 for those who use services for people with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, or long-term health problems. The aim was to explore ways in which services could make links with each other, perhaps crossing the traditional boundaries between different ...
This publication, building on the Ordinary Life initiative, describes a project undertaken with 2 community services - one for adults and one for children. A P.A.S.S. evaluation of each service yielded detailed information on what life was really like for service users and pinpointed priority areas for further training and ...
Through the leadership of a local voluntary agency, a consortium of voluntary and public sector organisations has achieved rapid growth in decent quality housing and support services, and promoted complementary daytime opportunities. This report is a brief narrative account of Southwark Consortium and first three years.
This report provides an account of how New South Wales and Victoria have gone about establishing large-scale strategies for deinstitutionalisation of people with learning difficulties and the governmental leadership this has required. The analysis of the Australian experience draws attention to the magnitude of the social changes implied by these ...
The workshop was part of the 'Ordinary Life' initiative, which had so far overlooked those people with learning difficulties who are held in secure units. The contributions in this report are picked up four themes - values underlying the 'Ordinary Life' initiative; the concept of security; the concept of dangerousness; ...