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Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People With Learning Disabilities: Testimonies of Resistance

By Rannveig Traustadottir , Duncan Mitchell , Rohhss Chapman , Louise Townson , Nigel Ingham

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
1843103591, 9781843103592, 9781846425110
Open Library ID
OL22733109M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1835604 bytes)
Pages
224\224
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

"Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities" charts the course through which people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. Accounts from the UK, Australia, Canada and Iceland consider both the individual pioneers of self advocacy and local and national groups that have been set up to work actively towards improved services for people with learning disabilities. The book also examines what self advocacy means for these people and provides an overview of how opportunities and services have changed for them over the decades. This is inspiring and encouraging reading for people with learning disabilities and provides useful information for those working with them or for them in community and government services.

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