Combining a disability rights and a feminist perspective, and based on in-depth interviews with disabled people in a range of circumstances, this book explores the experience of receiving help with daily living activities. In so doing, Morris challenges the rhetoric of community care policies.

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- SECTION I Community Care; Independent Living; Independent Living and the Debate on Informal Care.- SECTION II The Experience of Residential Care; Receiving Help within Personal Relationships; Disabled People as Care-Givers; Personal Assistance and Statutory Services; Paying for Personal Assistance.- SECTION III Community Care or Independent Living?.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.