Skills for support: Personal assistants and people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Williams, Val ^a   Ponting, Lisa ^a   Ford, Kerrie ^a   Rudge, Philippa ^b  

^a The Vassall Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Direct payments; Inclusive research; Learning disabilities; Staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949892523     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2009.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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