Cover; INDEPENDENT FUTURES -- Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on the authors; ONE -- Examining user-led services; TWO -- Traditional approaches: disability policy and the welfare state; THREE -- Disability activism and the struggle for independent living; FOUR -- Researching user-led organisations; FIVE -- User-led organisations: building an alternative approach; SIX -- Service design and delivery: opportunities and constraints; SEVEN -- Service users' views and experiences; EIGHT -- Politics and campaigning
NINE -- Policy change or retrenchment?TEN -- Future directions; References; Index; Also available from The Policy Press
Summary
The number of disability related support services controlled and run by disabled people themselves has increased in UK. As a result, greater user involvement in service provision and delivery is a key priority for many western governments. This book provides a comprehensive review and analysis of these developments in the UK
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Published in association with the British Association of Social Workers
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index
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