Keyworkers need co-ordination as much as disabled children and families do. They cannot create it on their own – especially while performing the rest of their duties in their main role
Peter Limbrick writes:
In the hope that there can be a national debate about these important resource issues before
Read more: Keyworking and multi-agency service co-ordination: Training and resources are essential
Editorial for TAC Bulletin, May 2011
The coalition government is undoubtedly formulating strategies to give parents more power in selecting and securing support for their children.
What the plans are will emerge over the next few months and we should have a good sense of the new direction by the au
Read more: Impossible choices for new parents of disabled children?
By Peter Limbrick
At the end of last year Martin Chulov wrote in the Guardian newspaper (30/12/10, see link below) about research that links a rise in birth defects and cancers to US military action in Falluja in Iraq 6 years ago. He says, 'The findings are likely to prompt further speculation that
Peter Limbrick
'By what mental gymnastics and chronic denial strategies can the same politicians meet one of their objectives with innovative family support, and another objective with a cruel calculation that particular families and children are in the way and must become collateral damage?'
Dependence is a fact of life which should be acknowledged, embraced and nurtured in our own lives and in the lives of people we are caring for or who care for us
Peter Limbrick writes -
The word 'independence' crops up very frequently in discussions about children and adults who have a disability an
The model can be helpful in understanding the complexity of supporting a child with serious illnesses, and the wider family impact
Dr Liz Forbat
Dr Liz Forbat is a research psychologist and family therapist, specialising in ill-health. She works at the University of Stirling, focusing her resea
Comment by Peter Limbrick
Liverpool has pulled out of a pilot scheme for the coalition government’s Big Society. They did so, apparently, because the community organisations that were supposed to take increased control over local services were brought to their knees by government cuts before they
Editorial comment
Two pieces of good news came my way over the holiday: NAS (National Autistic Society) reports that the government has sent a clear message to local authorities about what they are expected to provide for adults with autism. The Council for Disabled Children reports a transfer from
Read more: The post-code lottery persists and will now be celebrated as the triumphs of ‘localism’
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011