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Outwork has proved very popular with handicapped persons
who have preferred to attend these classes in preference to craft
classes because they have been able to earn a few shillings weekly
for their work.
Home Work for the Housebound Physically Handicapped
The outwork organiser obtains suitable work from local
factories and takes it to certain handicapped people who are capable
of undertaking the work in their own homes, but are unable to attend
the Work Centre. The officer demonstrates the best way to perform
the task, ensures that the completed work is up to standard, and
returns it to the manufacturer.
The total number of persons participating in this scheme
was between 20 and 25.
Voluntary Workshops
The Kingston Spastics Centre provides a workshop at 13
Geneva Road, Kingston for some 40 spastic young persons, of whom
approximately 15 live in the borough.
The centre makes a valuable contribution to the welfare of
the handicapped in the borough and the borough council makes a
financial grant of £90 per capita towards its work per annum.
Car Badges far Severely Disabled Drivers
A further service designed for the benefit of disabled
drivers is the provision of distinguishing car badges for display on
motorised vehicles supplied by the Department of Health and Social
Security, or on cars which have been specially adapted to suit individual
needs„ To date there are 117 persons in receipt of badges
and 25 new badges were allocated during 1970. The badge itself
carries no legal weight but its purpose is intended to enable the