Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 17 No 4

This special issue on perspectives and understandings of disability, guest-edited by Charlotte Wilson and Chris Walter, represents the great diversity of people with disabilities, and their experiences. We provide a varied international collection of articles and book reviews.

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Editorial

Name	Authors
Editorial	Chris Walter and Charlotte Wilson

Peer reviewed articles

Name	Authors
Social inclusion and intellectual disability in Ireland: Social inclusion co-ordinators’ perspectives on barriers and opportunities.	Antonia Kenny, Dr Martin Power
Awareness of and support for Speech, Language and Communication Needs in Children’s Hearings	Ann Clark, Dermot Fitzsimons
Costs, benefits and mechanisms of animal-assisted therapy: adopting a change in perspective	Vanessa Wilson
Falling through the cracks: critical review of the deinstutionalization process in post-socialist state	Kārlis Lakševics, Artūrs Pokšāns and Kristians Zalāns

Commentary, reflections and other articles

Name	Authors
Animal Magic-Using the Health and Social Care Standards for Looked after Children	Mary Morris

Book reviews

Name	Authors
Book review: Radical help: How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state	Claire Cameron
Book Review: Apology and the legacy of abuse of children in ‘Care’. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.	Moyra Hawthorn