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The programme looks at some of the experiences or people involved in the Outward Housing Scheme, a project initiated by parents from the Waltham Forest local MENCAP branch to provide ordinary housi...ng in the Borough for mentally handicapped people. The interviews include contributions from tenants, voluntary workers from MENCAP and professional workers from the Social Services Department. Alan Tyne, of the Community Mental Health Educational Research Association, discusses the rights of mentally handicapped people to live fully within the community. The programme is narrated by Christopher Leaver.
The programme looks at some of the experiences or people involved in the Outward Housing Scheme, a project initiated by parents from the Waltham Forest local MENCAP branch to provide ordinary housi...ng in the Borough for mentally handicapped people. The interviews include contributions from tenants, voluntary workers from MENCAP and professional workers from the Social Services Department. Alan Tyne, of the Community Mental Health Educational Research Association, discusses the rights of mentally handicapped people to live fully within the community. The programme is narrated by Christopher Leaver.
| Module code and title: | P853, The handicapped person in the community |
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| Item code: | P853; 09; 1982 |
| First transmission date: | 22-09-1982 |
| Published: | 1982 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:24:14 |
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| Producer: | Ann Pointon |
| Contributors: | Joyce Batcher; Peter Blackledge; Olive Coles; Helen Collier; Kate Cracknell; Christocher Leaver; Eva Sharks; Alex Soverby; John Swain; Alan Tyne; Betty Winston |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Community living; Mental handicap |
| Master spool number: | HOU3922 |
| Production number: | FOUP071T |
| Videofinder number: | 3056 |
| Available to public: | no |
