Dear All
'Independent Futures: Creating user-led disability services in a disabling society' by Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer is now available from the Policy Press, Bristol at £19.99.
Drawing on evidence form a range of sources including empirical material from the first national study of user controlled services, many of which are known as Centres for Independent, integrated or inclusive Living (CILs), sponsored by the British Council of Disabled People (BCODP) and the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL), this book:
* provides a critical evaluation of the development and organisation of user controlled services in the UK
* identifies the principal forces - economic, political and cultural - that influence and inhibit their further development
* discusses the policy implications for the future development of user controlled services
* includes an up-to-date and comprehensive literature review.
Although the focus is primarily on the UK experience I think it will be of interest to everyone interested or involved in the development of disability services controlled and run by disabled people.
A 20 per cent discount is available for anyone who visits the Policy Press website: https://www.policypress.org.uk/
Very best wishes
Colin
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