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Disability Law And Policy: An Analysis Of The Un Convention
by Charles O'Mahony Gerard QuinnDisability Law and Policy: An Analysis of the UN Convention undertakes a multidisciplinary examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The rights-based perspective on disability is a relatively new lens through which disability law and policy is considered. This is despite the fact that persons with disabilities are often described as the world's largest minority. There are approximately 1 billion persons with disabilities in the world (15% of the world's population). This book is an edited volume of essays that undertakes a multidisciplinary examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Part 1 focuses on disability and intersectionality. Part 2 addresses the on-going debate about the meaning of Article 12, the right to equal recognition before the law. The chapters contained in Part 3 address the emerging discourse on the right to liberty as contained in Article 14 of the CRPD and the barriers facing persons with mental health problems. Part 4 of this collection examines the right to live independently and to be included in the community. The themes of the right to inclusive education and employment for persons with disabilities are explored in Parts 5 and 6 of the collection. Finally, Part 7 examines how the CRPD is being implemented regionally and in a number of jurisdictions. [Subject: Human Rights Law, Disability Law]
All Together: How to create inclusive services for disabled children and their families (PDF)
by Judy Denziloe Mary DickensThis book will help staff to promote the inclusion of disabled young children in care and education settings such as nurseries, playgroups and schools. It outlines current legislative requirements and provides practical advice on inclusive early years settings.
Home From War: How Love Conquered the Horrors of a Soldier's Afghan Nightmare
by Marnie Summerfield Smith Martyn Compton Michelle ComptonLance Corporal Martyn Compton's life was changed beyond recognition when he was blown up in a Taliban ambush that killed three of his colleagues. His survival was described as a 'miracle', as he suffered third-degree burns to 75 per cent of his body. He endured 15 operations and doctors used shark cartilage as a base for new skin on his face.But he did not have to face this gruelling ordeal alone. From the moment she heard of his near-fatal wounds, Martyn's fiancée Michelle Clifford found an inner strength to help them both face the future. During Martyn's treatment, Michelle kept a diary in which she revealed the innermost thoughts and emotions she wished she could relay to her wounded partner.Home From War gives a rare insight into the story behind the headlines when soldiers die or are injured. It is also the account of Martyn's battle for adequate compensation. This exploration of how one courageous man came to terms with losing his handsome young face cannot fail to inspire.
Listening To Children And Young People With Speech, Language And Communication Needs
by Sue Roulstone Sharynne McLeod Association for All Speech-Impaired Children StaffThe importance of listening to children and young people has received considerable attention in the literature, but little has been written about the particular challenges of listening to those with speech, language and communication needs. This book includes: the voice of the children and young people with speech, language and communication needs insights from researchers, speech and language therapists, social workers, psychologists, teachers, advocates, and parents a diversity of disciplines: health, education, and social care a range of creative techniques and solutions for listening to children and young people provides links to service implications
Seldom Heard Voices in Service User Involvement
by AAnna Volkmer Katherine BroomfieldMany communities are often excluded from research, service development and public consultations because they are considered too difficult to engage with. This list of seldom heard voices includes people with communication difficulties and/or mental health diagnoses, children and young people, minority and ethnic groups, and many more. Increasingly, there is a drive to be more inclusive and what sparse guidance there is suggests there should be engagement and communication with the relevant community, involving them in decision-making, co-design or co-produce at all levels. But how is this carried out? Seldom Heard Voices in Service User Involvement is the first book that shares experiences and examples of service user involvement with communities of seldom heard voices. As well as being a practical resource for clinicians, it will provide a resource for future health and social care professionals and researchers. Additionally, it will bring together expertise and experience from across a range of seldom heard voices, ultimately sharing and maximizing the transfer of knowledge and resource.
At the Double: Supporting families with two or more severely disabled children (PDF)
by Rosemary TozerThis book is based on the findings of a qualitative study of 24 families who each had two or more severely disabled children. Family life was explored, and particular difficulties, needs and strategies for managing day-to-day care were identified. With 'practice points' at the end of each chapter, this book will make informative reading for social services and health professionals, teachers and others working with disabled children and their families, as well as for those planning services and making policies which impact on them.
Perspectives on Bullying and Difference: Supporting young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities in schools (PDF)
by Caroline Oliver Colleen Mclaughlin Richard ByersChildren with special education needs and/or disabilities are particularly vulnerable to bullying in school. Drawing on the experiences of young people, parents, carers and practitioners and combining them with the latest research findings, this book explores just how much work there is to be done in schools right now. It also reveals how solutions are closer than we may think, providing guidance and case studies which outline how schools and parents can tackle the problem. This book has a powerful message which sets the agenda schools, and for future research in the field of bullying and difference. It is a must read for everyone involved in education.
Parent's Guide to the Residential Special Schools Standards (PDF)
by Jonathan StanleyResidential special schools in England must follow rules, or Standards, that are set by the government. This guide tells you what the rules are, and how they apply to your child's school. Use this full-colour guide for parents to find out what is expected of residential special schools and the staff who work in them, how you can help the people caring for your child, and the information you should receive. This guide provides the wording of each Standard, advice about good practice, and a list of questions you can use to ensure that the care of your child is 'up to standard'. This parent's guide to residential special schools is part of the series of guides about the National Minimum Standards for Residential Special Schools. There are two other guides available, one for staff and one for children and young people.
Staff Guide to the Residential Special Schools Standards (PDF)
by Alison WilliamsResidential special schools in England must follow rules, or Standards, that are set by the government. This guide tells you what the rules are, and how they apply to you as a member of staff. Use this full-colour guide to find out what your school should be doings to help a young person when they move into a residential special school. The guide covers lots of issues like staying in touch with friends and family, food, care, and education, working together, health, getting the special help young people need, and hobbies. It also explains how the school should be managed and how to make a complaint or what to do if the Standards are being broken. This staff guide to residential special schools is part of the series of guides about the National Minimum Standards for Residential Special Schools. There are two other guides available, one for children and young people and one for parents.
Inclusion of Disabled Children in Primary School Playgrounds (PDF)
by Helen Woolley Marc ArmitageThis concise, useful book identifies organisational, social and physical barriers to disabled children's inclusion in primary school playgrounds, and suggests ways to overcome these barriers in the future, as well as examining examples of good practice. This is essential reading for teachers, special educational needs coordinators, personal support assistants, lunchtime supervisors, playworkers, and architects and landscape professionals involved in play.
Young Person's Guide to the Residential Special Schools Standards (PDF)
by Roger MorganResidential special schools in England must follow rules, or Standards, that are set by the government. This guide tells you what the rules are, and how they apply to you and where you live. Use this full-colour illustrated guide to find out what should happen when you move into a residential special school and what that school should be doing for you while you live there. The guide covers lots of issues such as staying in touch with friends and family, food, care and education, working together, your health, getting the special help you need, and hobbies. It also tells you about how your school should be managed by the staff that work there. You can also find out how to make a complaint or what to do if you think the rules are being broken. This young person's guide to residential special schools is part of the series of guides about the National Minimum Standards for Residential Special Schools. There are two other guides available, one for parents and one for staff.
How to Help Your Autistic Spectrum Child: Practical ways to make family life run more smoothly
by Jackie Brealy Beverly DaviesOver half a million people in Britain are somewhere on the autistic spectrum. It can be devastating to discover that your child has an ASD (autistic spectrum disorder) and even tougher helping them to cope with life. Many books will tell you the latest theories about what causes ASD, but what you really want to know is how to get a decent night's sleep, or stop your child flapping their arms, or find some time for your other children. This second, fully updated edition of this lifeline for parents helps them understand their ASD child and offers practical advice on all the problems that can make day-to-day life so tough.
Community Care and the Law
by Luke ClementsCommunity Care and the Law is the pre-eminent legal text on adult social care law. Its contributors are leading experts in the field and the lead author, Professor Luke Clements, was the expert adviser to the Parliamentary Committee that scrutinised the Bill that became the Care Act 2014. The sixth edition has involved a comprehensive revision of this established text to provide an up-to-date analysis of the law relating to the rights of adults in need and carers in England. Community Care and the Law is the leading text for lawyers, policy-makers, local authority and voluntary sector advisers and carers. The book presents this complex area of law with clarity but without over-simplification. It provides a detailed route map through the law and offers practical guidance on how it impacts on procedures and services. There is a comprehensive coverage of local authority duties and powers, to adults in need and to carers – including assessments, care planning, ordinary residence, care and support services, direct payments, NHS responsibilities, housing, safeguarding and the rights of asylum-seekers. The remedies chapter has a step by step guide to complaints, ombudsman and judicial review procedures. Contents include: • The statutory scheme, the well-being duty and other cross cutting obligations • Assessments, care planning and care services • Ordinary residence • Charging • Direct payments • NHS Continuing Healthcare, hospital discharge and intermediate care • Mental capacity • Housing • Group specific care and support duties for: older people, people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health difficulties, substance misuse, sensory impairments and prisoners • People subject to immigration controls • The regulation of care • Safeguarding • Remedies Community Care and the Law contains extensive cross referencing for easy navigation. The appendices include the text of the key provisions of the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation.
Hole in the Heart: Bringing Up Beth
by Henny Beaumont'Wonderful, astonishing drawings... A masterclass in the sorrow and joy of being human, and a powerful reminder that nothing is more earth-shattering than love.’—Meg RosoffThe mother of a daughter with Down's Syndrome shares her family's journey—in beautiful black and white drawings—from hospital to home, and from early years to school, in this moving, wise and unsparing graphic memoir.On Mother’s Day 2001 Henny Beaumont gave birth to her third child. For the first four hours, her baby seemed no different from her two other little girls.When the registrar told Henny and her husband that their daughter might have Down’s Syndrome, she thought that her life was over. How would she be able to look after this baby, who might die, and manage her other two children at the same time? How could this weak little baby, who needed so much more from Henny than her other two children, provoke such feelings of hatred and resentment? And how would she learn to love her? If she can’t trust her own reactions to Beth, how could she expect other people to overcome their prejudices and ignorance about her condition?Hole in the Heartis a moving, funny, ironic and refreshingly honest look at living with a child who has special needs. Henny’s remarkable journey speaks not only to parents who have had a similar experience and the medical and care professionals who try to help them, but to every one of us who feels anxiety about our children – wondering whether they are achieving enough, whether we do enough for them, and whether we love them enough.As the PE teacher asks: ‘Who’s really got the special needs here?’
Dignity & Inclusion: Making it work for children with complex health care needs
by Jeanne Carlin Jan Delamore Amanda AllardThis publication will help all service providers to ensure that disabled children and young people with additional support needs can access services and lead a life as part of their local community, focusing on children who require clinical procedures, children who require moving and handling and children who need intimate care as part of their personal support. Drawing on and including examples of good practice from across the country, Making it work for children with complex health care needs illustrates the ways in which all agencies can work together to develop local policies and procedures to ensure that the needs of this group of children are met in a coordinated and child-centred way. Making it work for children with complex health care needs is one of two companion publications detailing good practice in both inclusive and specialist settings across education, health, social care and leisure.
Dignity & Inclusion: Making it work for children with behaviour that challenges
by Jeanne Carlin Jan Delamore Amanda AllardThis publication will help all service providers to ensure that disabled children and young people with additional support needs can access services and lead a life as part of their local community, focusing on children who have behaviour that challenges as a result of either a severe learning disability and/or autism. Drawing on and including examples of good practice from across the country, Making it work for children with behaviour that challenges illustrates the ways in which all agencies can work together to develop local policies and procedures to ensure that the needs of this group of children are met in a coordinated and child-centred way. Making it work for children with behaviour that challenges is one of two companion publications detailing good practice in both inclusive and specialist settings across education, health, social care and leisure.
Active Social Work with Children with Disabilities (Critical Skills For Social Work )
by Julie Adams Diana LeshoneA comprehensive social worker’s guide to working with children with disabilities, exploring current issues from the perspective of both the social worker and the family.
A Different Dog (PDF)
by Paul Jennings Geoff KellyThe child narrator of A Different Dog can't speak - we assume it is from a disability or a reaction to a trauma in his past. He is teased by the other kids and is a loner. On a cold winter's day, when everyone is participating in a fun run on the mountain, our narrator finds himself alone at the scene of a car accident where the driver has died. But there is a little dog in the car... What follows is a moving story of survival and redemption (and somehow humour in the midst of all that), all told in a 96-page novella.
Dyslexia
by Robin TempleA dyslexic child who cannot keep up with the demands of school will become frustrated, upset and often depressed. Parents can fell powerless to help their child, compounded by the fact that they often receive conflicting advice on what is best to do. In this concise and helpful handbook, Robin Temple looks at the different types of learning difficulties and the main treatments available.
Eye Can Write: A Memoir of a Child's Silent Soul Emerging
by Jonathan Bryan Michael MorpurgoCan you imagine not being able to speak or communicate? The silence, the loneliness, the pain. But, inside you disappear to magical places, and even meet your best friend there. However, most of the time you remain imprisoned within the isolation. Waiting, longing, hoping. Until someone realises your potential and discovers your key, so your unlocking can begin. Now you are free, flying like a wild bird in the open sky. A voice for the voiceless. Jonathan Bryan has severe cerebral palsy, a condition that makes him incapable of voluntary movement or speech. He was locked inside his own mind, aware of the outside world but unable to fully communicate with it until he found a way by using his eyes to laboriously choose individual letters, and through this make his thoughts known. In Eye can Write, we read of his intense passion for life, his mischievous sense of fun, his hopes, his fears and what it's like to be him. This is a powerful book from an incredible young writer whose writing ability defies age or physical disability - a truly inspirational figure.
Wheelchairs, Perjury and the London Marathon
by Tim MarshallThe top wheelchair athletes of today enjoy the same high-profile exposure and admiration as their able-bodied counterparts. This has come about partly through wheelchair participation in mass fun-running events such as the Great North Run. Wheelchairs, Perjury and the London Marathon charts disability sports pioneer Tim Marshall MBE’s journey from the rock-climbing accident which left him paralysed, to becoming a trailblazer for wheelchair racing. The fun-runs of the 1980s enabled wheelchair road-racing to flourish, and Marshall took part in marathons and half-marathons where wheelchairs were welcome to compete. This did not, however, include The London Marathon, from which wheelchairs were banned for the first two years. This is the story of how this prohibition was overturned, told from the competitor’s point of view. Tim and many others campaigned for the inclusion of wheelchairs in The London Marathon in the face of huge opposition from the organisers. Finally, in 1983 the efforts of sportsmen and women, the press, the Greater London Council and members of parliament resulted in a breakthrough just ten days before the 1983 marathon, which at last agreed to wheelchair participation. Wheelchairs, Perjury and the London Marathon reveals the tenacity and resolve required to achieving sporting greatness in the face of adversity. Tim Marshall’s story — and the legacy he has helped build for disabled sports — are a testament to his love of racing and his passion for disability equality.
How To Be Autistic
by Charlotte Amelia PoeAn urgent, funny, shocking, and impassioned memoir by the winner of the Spectrum Art Prize 2018, How To Be Autistic presents the rarely shown point of view of someone living with autism. Poe’s voice is confident, moving and often funny, as she reveals to us a very personal account of autism, mental illness, gender and sexual identity. As we follow Charlotte’s journey through school and college, we become as awestruck by her extraordinary passion for life as by the enormous privations that she must undergo to live it. From food and fandom, to body modification and comic conventions, Charlotte’s experiences through the torments of schooldays and young adulthood leave us with a riot of conflicting emotions: horror, empathy, despair, laugh-out-loud amusement and, most of all, respect.
Blind Spot
by Maud RowellWhat do the blind actually see? How do they watch TV, read books, and cook meals? What does a guide dog do? Two million people in the UK live with sight loss, many more worldwide, and yet the general population know so little about the day to day life of a blind person, their pre-existing knowledge often rooted in ignorance. Blind people move through a world not designed with them in mind, from city planning to pop culture, and in 'Blind Spot', Maud Rowell challenges readers to think differently about what they may take for granted.
So Lucky (PDF)
by Nicola GriffithWinner of the Washington State Book Award 2019 ‘A compact, brutal story of losing power and creating community … So Lucky is beautifully written, with a flexible, efficient precision that embodies the protagonist’s voice and character.’ New York Times Book Review ‘A short, fast-paced whirlwind of a novel ... Spine tingling and in places downright terrifying.’ ― Independent Mara Tagarelli is on top of her world. She’s the head of a multimillion-dollar AIDS foundation, an accomplished martial artist, and happily married. She has never met a problem she can’t solve — until suddenly she can’t solve any of them. In a single week her wife leaves her, she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and she loses her job. Now everything begins to feel like a threat. At first, she thinks it’s just her newfound sense of vulnerability. Then she realises the threat of violence is real, deadly, and heading straight for her. Nicola Griffith’s So Lucky is fiction from the front lines, incandescent and urgent, a narrative juggernaut that rips through sentiment to expose the savagery of the experience of becoming disabled and dismissed. Originally published by Farrar Straus Giroux on 15 May 2018, this is the exclusive UK edition, with three bonus essays by Nicola Griffith, about writing So Lucky, disability, ableism, and #criplit. Nicola Griffith’s previous novels have won the Nebula, Lambda, Tiptree and Premio Italia awards, among others.
So Lucky (Handheld Modern Ser. #2)
by Nicola GriffithWinner of the Washington State Book Award 2019 ‘A compact, brutal story of losing power and creating community … So Lucky is beautifully written, with a flexible, efficient precision that embodies the protagonist’s voice and character.’ New York Times Book Review ‘A short, fast-paced whirlwind of a novel ... Spine tingling and in places downright terrifying.’ ― Independent Mara Tagarelli is on top of her world. She’s the head of a multimillion-dollar AIDS foundation, an accomplished martial artist, and happily married. She has never met a problem she can’t solve — until suddenly she can’t solve any of them. In a single week her wife leaves her, she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and she loses her job. Now everything begins to feel like a threat. At first, she thinks it’s just her newfound sense of vulnerability. Then she realises the threat of violence is real, deadly, and heading straight for her. Nicola Griffith’s So Lucky is fiction from the front lines, incandescent and urgent, a narrative juggernaut that rips through sentiment to expose the savagery of the experience of becoming disabled and dismissed. Originally published by Farrar Straus Giroux on 15 May 2018, this is the exclusive UK edition, with three bonus essays by Nicola Griffith, about writing So Lucky, disability, ableism, and #criplit. Nicola Griffith’s previous novels have won the Nebula, Lambda, Tiptree and Premio Italia awards, among others.