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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
People involved in the research team were:
- Fiona Wallace,
Keith Lynch and
Thomas McDougall who were employed as
Research Associates and carried out the interviews with
supported employees, families and employers
- Ann Rennie who coordinated the
administration and distribution of the survey, typing
and transcription of interviews, created an Access
database and input questionnaire responses
- Richard Kennedy who handled transfer
of survey data to
SPSS and initial analysis
- Patrick Horgan who assisted with the
questionnaire survey
The Infusion Cooperative Directors were
Sally Dick,
Chris Vickerman and
Karen Irvine.
This study could not have been achieved without the help
of many individuals and organisations who are supporting
people with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum
disorder in employment.
Particular thanks are due to everyone who participated
in this research including all the services and
organisations who took the time to respond to the survey
questionnaire as well as supported employees, family
members, employers and other key stakeholders who took part
in face-to-face or telephone interviews.
We would like to thank the following 'supported
employment' services - North Lanarkshire Council's
Supported Employment Team, Intowork Project Edinburgh, the
SHIRLIE Project Highland,
ENABLE's Open Project in Paisley, Argyll
& Bute Council's
ASET project, and the Leonard Cheshire
Foundation Supported Employment Manager Elgin.
We are grateful to members of the Research Advisory
Group who gave both valuable guidance and support to carry
out the project. Members of the
RAG were:
Margaret Campbell, Jobcentre Plus
Elizabeth Catterson,
ENABLE
Bette Francis, Heath Department
Ian Kerr, Education Department
SWSI
George McInally, North Lanarkshire Council
Peter Mulvey, Highland Council
John Storey (Chair), Health Department
Ruth Whatling, Health Department
Last but not least, we owe thanks to academics in the
field of 'supported employment' particularly to Steve Beyer
and his colleagues at the Welsh Centre for Learning
Disabilities at Cardiff University; David Mank, Indiana
University,
USA; Paul Wehman and Satoko Yasuda,
Virginia Commonwealth University,
USA; Justine Schneider, Durham
University, and Anne O'Bryan, National Development Team;
Sheila Riddell, University of Edinburgh; and Pauline Banks,
Glasgow University.
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