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

Duncan Mitchell (Editor), Rannveig Traustadottir (Editor), Rohhss Chapman (Editor), Louise Townson (Editor), Nigel Ingham (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1843103591 | ISBN-13: 978-1843103592 | Publication Date: June 26, 2006

"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.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dr Duncan Mitchell is a Professorial Fellow of the School of Nursing and Institute for Health and Social Care Research at the University of Salford, UK, and has worked with learning difficualty services since 1983. Rannveig Traustadottir is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik. She is active in national and international disability associations and is the President of the Nordic Network on Disability Research. Rohhss Chapman is a development worker for Cumbria People First, and is studying for a PhD on self advocacy and people with learning disabilities at Open University, UK. She is also a member of the Social History of Learning Disabilities Group. Louise Townson is Project Director for Carlisle People First, and is a member of the UK Government task force on Valuing People. Nigel Ingham is a Community Oral History Project Development Worker responsible for setting up and co-ordinating community based oral history projects with schools, higher education and training organisations in the UK, as well as Lancashire museum and archiving bodies. Sue Ledger is a service manager with an inner London borough, and has worked alongside people with learning difficulties in developing a range of support services in the UK, as well as with two overseas projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub (June 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843103591
• ISBN-13: 978-1843103592
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,843,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)