Learning disability policy in the UK
Simon Whitehead
(Learning Disabilities, England)
Lisa Curtice
(Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability)
Stephen Beyer
(Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities)
Roy McConkey
(Learning Disability, University of Ulster)
Siobhan Bogues
(Association for Real Change (NI), Equal Lives Committee)
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Abstract
This article provides separate, but linked, overviews of learning disability policy in the four countries of the UK, commenting on current policy and its links to the wider policy agenda, delivery strategies and challenges for the future. The authors are each responsible for the element relating to their country.
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Citation
Whitehead, S., Curtice, L., Beyer, S., McConkey, R. and Bogues, S. (2008), "Learning disability policy in the UK", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/13595474200800022
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited