ABSTRACT
As was discussed in chapter four, for many practitioners and managers disabled people's civil right to access an assessment was not what drove the decisions they made about who should access an assessment. Assuming far greater importance was the need to manage demand for services by rationing access to assessments, using a variety of managerial and bureaucratic gatekeeping mechanisms described in chapter four. This chapter will address the question of the effect of accessing a community care assessment on the citizenship status of disabled people and their families, particularly on their civil right to enter the arena of negotiating access to their social rights.
