In the current financial climate and with an inheritance of large hospitals situated mainly outside London, the development of local services presents a major challenge to health and local authorities. This paper has been prepared in five sections: (1) National policy developments in learning difficulties in the 1980s; (2) Information ...
TASH is the Association for the Severely Handicapped in the U.S.A. The aim of their 8th annual conference was to think about how everyone, including those with the most severe handicaps, can be fully involved in life in the community. Three main themes were dealt with at the conference: the ...
Two two-day pilot workshops for self-advocates with learning difficulties and for advisors were held. Under the title 'Helping your self-advocacy group to grow', the workshops aimed to help people increase their own skills and those of other members of their group. People attending already had a basic knowledge of self-advocacy ...