Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities
Subtitle: Testimonies of Resistance
By: edited by Duncan Mitchell, Rannveig Traustadottir, Rohhss Chapman, Louise Townson, Nigel Ingham and Sue Ledger.
Contributors: Duncan Mitchell (Editor); Rannveig Traustadottir (Editor); Rohhss Chapman (Editor); Louise Townson (Editor); Nigel Ingham (Editor); Sue Ledger (Editor)
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: June 26, 2006
Place of publication: London, UK; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781843103592
Subjects: People with mental disabilities -- Care -- Case studies.; Learning disabilities -- Treatment -- Case studies.; Learning disabled -- Services for.; Mental retardation facilities patients.; Social advocacy.; Special Education -- Learning Disabled.
Genres: Handbook
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Introduction, by Duncan Mitchell
pagenum: 7; label: Part I
title: Personal Accounts of Advocacy and Resistance
pagenum: 11; label: 2
title: Advocacy as Resistance: Speaking Up as a Way of Fighting Back, by Dorothy Atkinson, Mabel Cooper and Gloria Ferris
pagenum: 13; label: 3
title: Restriction and Resistance: The Experience of Life on a Locked Ward for People with Learning Disabilities, by Katherine Owen
pagenum: 20; label: 4
title: ‘I Would Never Walk, Talk, Sit or Stand!’ The Girl on the Tricycle, by Marjorie Chappell with Duncan Mitchell
pagenum: 27; label: 5
title: Two Pioneers of Self-advocacy: Ray Loomis and Tom Houlihan, by Paul Williams
pagenum: 37; label: 6
title: ‘I’ve Had Enough of the Everyday Thing’: Karen Spencer’s Life Story, by Karen Spencer with Jan Walmsley
pagenum: 42; label: 7
title: Resilience and Resistance in the Life Histories of Three Women with Learning Difficulties in Iceland, by Gudrún Stefánsdóttir and Rannveig Traustadóttir
pagenum: 54; label: 8
title: Songs of Resistance, by Sue Ledger and Lindy Shufflebotham
pagenum: 68; label: Part II
title: Speaking for Ourselves: Accounts of Self-advocacy in Action
pagenum: 91; label: 9
title: My Life, My Choices, by Paul Savage, Tina Wilkinson and Carl Worth
pagenum: 93; label: 10
title: ‘What They Want – Yes, But What We Want – Bugger Us!’, by Andy Docherty, Elizabeth Harkness, Malcolm Eardley, Louise Townson and Rohhss Chapman
pagenum: 100; label: 11
title: The Life of a Group and a Personal Story: Experiences from Huddersfield People First, by Jeremy Hoy, Dries Cautrels, and Dan Goodley
pagenum: 108; label: Part III
title: Alliances with Others
pagenum: 117; label: 12
title: Fires Burning: Advocacy, Camping and Children with Learning Disabilities in Ontario, 1950–1990, by Jessa Chupik
pagenum: 119; label: 13
title: Resistance in Mencap’s History, by Liz Tilley
pagenum: 128; label: 14
title: One Man’s Dream that Continues to Inspire Others, by Heather Cadbury
pagenum: 142; label: 15
title: Maureen Oswin and the ‘Forgotten Children’ of the Long-stay Wards: Research as Resistance, by Sheena Rolph and Dorothy Atkinson
pagenum: 153; label: 16
title: Tales from the Burdens, by Peter Carpenter
pagenum: 172; label: 17
title: Taking a Stand Against the Odds, by Kelley Johnson
pagenum: 179; label: Part IV
title: Alternative Interpretations: Reflections on Resistance
pagenum: 189; label: 18
title: Assistance and Resistance: Making Sense of Inter-war Caring Strategies, by Pamela Dale
pagenum: 191; label: 19
title: Stereotyped Behaviour: Resistance by People with Profound Learning Disabilities, by Melanie Nind
pagenum: 202; label: 20
title: Conclusion, by Duncan Mitchell
pagenum: 212; title: The Contributors
pagenum: 216; title: Subject Index
pagenum: 221; title: Author Index
pagenum: 224