Abstract
Recent policy developments in the general area of disability have presented a whole range of ethical dilemmas for everyone involved in the development and delivery of services for disabled people at the national and local levels. This is almost certainly due to government acceptance of the principles of independent living and the social model of disability, and greater user involvement and control of support services, in particular ‘direct payments’. This paper will centre on the ethical concerns that arise from recent government policy regarding the latter.
Acknowledgements
This paper is an amended version of an article that appeared in the NCIL's Quarterly Newsletter Independently, December 2004, pp. 2–3, and data are from the sources given in the references below.