This manual provides a general introduction to the work of personal assistants, and is especially helpful to new assistants. It covers a wide range of topics, and explains the purpose of personal assistance and the nature of the work, to the extent that generalisations are possible. Revised online publication. First published by Center for Independent Living Berkeley, California 1986. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs2/walker2001.pdf

2000

Tilly J, Wiener JM, Evans Cuellar A. 2000. Consumer-Directed Home and Community Services Programs in Five Countries: Policy Issues for Older People and Government.

This Urban Institute study reviews community services programs in five countries--Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US - and shows that direct payments for personal assistance and long term care hold great promise for consumer-directed high quality services. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs4/urbani2000.html

1999

Wehrli P. 1999. About the Center of Independent Living Zürich.

Switzerland does not yet know the concept of personal assistance and provides almost no financial means to live outside institutions. The Swiss IL movement has an uphill battle. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs3/zfsl.html

Waddell CD. 1999. The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers To Participation In The Digital Economy.

This paper identifies some of the emerging digital economy barriers, current efforts to address these barriers and expresses the author's vision of the long-term policy research agenda. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs4/waddell99.html

Wolbring G. 1999. Science and Society - Critical Comments on the 1999 World Conference on Science, Budapest, Hungary.

Gregor Wolbring, biochemist and scientific advisor to the Thalidomide Society of Canada, reports on the 1999 World Conference on Science, Budapest, Hungary from the perspective of a person with a disability. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs1/wolbrin1.html

1998

Wilner MA, Wyatt A. 1998. Independence Care System: Managed Care for People with Disabilities.

The goal of Independence Care System is to enable people with disabilities to remain at home or in the least restrictive setting possible by integrating the full range of primary care, acute care, and home and community-based services in a comprehensive, flexible manner. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs4/ar3982.html

Wilner MA, Wyatt A. 1998. Independence Care System: Managed Care for People with Disabilities.

Målet för Independence Care System är att underlätta för folk med funktionsnedsättning att bo kvar i sina hem, eller åtminstone i en så fri miljö som möjligt, genom att integrera primära, akuta, hem- och samhällsbaserade vårdtjänster på ett utförligt och flexibelt sätt. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs4/ar3982b.html (In Swedish.)

Wilner MA, Wyatt A. 1998. Independence Care System: Managed Care for People with Disabilities.

Willig Levy C. 1998. A People's History of the Independent Living Movement.

Chava Willig Levy relates stories from the IL Movement to create a people's history. This mongraph explores human rather than social forces. It looks at who rather than what shaped the IL movement. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs5/ILhistory.html

Wolbring G. 1998. Why Disability Rights Movements Do Not Support Euthanasia: Safeguards Broken Beyond Repair.

We believe that euthanasia is another technique to free society of disabled people and another expression of the ableism in western societies. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs5/Wolbringeuthanasia.html

1997

Wallace M. 1997. Symposium on Disability and Human Rights.

Closing address by Ms. Mary Wallace, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs2/enilirishspeech9711.html

Cowan R, Watson B. 1997. Vad vill jag göra? En DIY (do it yourself, "gör det själv") manual/guide till självbedömning för personer med funktionsnedsättning

This Gateshead Personal Assistance Pilot Project quide provides information and advice to disabled people who wish to live independently by using personal assistance. The Guide focusses on assessing your needs. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs4/gateshead1b.html (In Swedish.)

Cowan R, Watson B. 1997. What do I want to do? a DIY guide to self-assessment for Disabled people

This Gateshead Personal Assistance Pilot Project quide provides information and advice to disabled people who wish to live independently by using personal assistance. The Guide focusses on assessing your needs. Internet publication URLs: www.independentliving.org/docs4/gateshead1.html and www.independentliving.org/docs4/gateshead1.pdf

1995

Mattson Prince J, Manley SM, Whiteneck GG. 1995. Self-Managed Versus Agency-Provided Personal Assistance Care for Individuals With High Level Tetraplegia.

Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs3/smap95.html

Mattson Prince J, Manley M, Whiteneck GG. 1995. Självstyrd gentemot förmedlad personlig assistans för individer med högt sittande tetraplegi.

Forskningssammandrag: Att, inom en begränsad befolkningsgrupp som består av människor med omfattande funktionsnedsättningar fastställa huruvida å ena sidan användandet av förmedlad vårdpersonal och å andra sidan personligt anställda, tränade, och betalda assistenter korrelerar med upplevelsen av förbättrad livskvalité och hälsotillstånd samt lägre kostnader. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs3/smap95sv.html (In Swedish)

1993

Westerberg B. 1993. Den nya handikappreformen för ett jämlikt och värdigt liv.

I: Institutet för Independent Living. 1993. "Hemtjänst i omdaning - möjligheter och decentraliseringens och privatiseringens tid, Dokumentation av STIL-hearing Stockholm 1993." Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/docs3/stil1993.html#3 (In Swedish.)

1992

Wellington HNA. 1992. Opportunities and challenges of barrier-free design consciousness - an evaluation of the application of barrier-free design principles in the socio-cultural circumstances in Ghana.

Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/cib/cibharare19.html

Hagan BE, Wellington HNA. 1992. Opportunities and constraints for access legislation in Ghana.

This paper by E. Ben Hagan and H. N. A. Wellington of the Building & Road Research Institute, Dept. of Architecture, University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, analyses existing socio-cultural and institutional arrangements in Ghana in order to provide a basis for proposing a strategy to achieve access legislation within the prevailing development context. Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/cib/cibharare7.html

1991

Wolinsky S. 1991. From an American legal practitioner's viewpoint.

Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/cib/cibbudapest35.html

1990

Werner D. 1990. Resa till Angola - ett land där människor lemlästas som en strategi i lågintensiv krigföring.

Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/werner1990rese_till_angola

Werner D. 1990. Visit to Angola: Where Civilians are Disabled as a Strategy of LIC.

Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/werner1990visit_to_angola

1984

Weiss-Lindencrona H. 1984. Steering Systems and Their Application.

Internet publication URL: www.independentliving.org/cib/cibsthlm3.html