{"id":13688,"date":"2017-07-14T04:37:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2017-07-14T04:37:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:37:39","slug":"using-personal-assistants-works-research-concludes-but-it-can-go-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/using-personal-assistants-works-research-concludes-but-it-can-go-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Using personal assistants works, research concludes\u2026 but it can go wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Disability news service<\/strong> blog post, by John Pring, 6 July: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilitynewsservice.com\/using-personal-assistants-works-research-concludes-but-it-can-go-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using personal assistants works, research concludes\u2026 but it can go wrong <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enabling disabled people with support needs to employ personal assistants (PAs) \u2013 rather than relying on traditional care workers \u2013 can be empowering and liberating, but relationships with PAs \u201ccan sometimes go wrong\u201d, according to new research.<\/p>\n<p>The Personal Assistance Relationships study, led by the disabled academic Professor Tom Shakespeare (pictured), highlights the \u201ccomplex\u201d and \u201cvariable\u201d nature of personal assistance relationships, and warns that they involve \u201ca dynamic interplay of emotions, ethics and power\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He told an event in London, held to launch the University of East Anglia research, that \u201cpersonal assistance works\u201d and that it provides disabled people with freedom and control.<\/p>\n<p>But he added: \u201cIt is not straightforward, particularly for people who don\u2019t come from the tradition of the disabled people\u2019s movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told the launch event that personal assistance was \u201cone of the revolutionary innovations of the disabled people\u2019s movement\u201d, alongside the concept of independent living.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilitynewsservice.com\/using-personal-assistants-works-research-concludes-but-it-can-go-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>see also:<\/p>\n<p><strong>UEA<\/strong> blog post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uea.ac.uk\/about\/-\/personal-assistance-relationships-are-complex-and-need-support-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal assistance relationships are complex and need support, <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disability news service blog post, by John Pring, 6 July: Using personal assistants works, research concludes\u2026 but it can go wrong Enabling disabled people with support needs to employ personal assistants (PAs) \u2013 rather than relying on traditional care workers &hellip; 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