Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities : testimonies of resistance /: testimonies of resistance. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Duncan Mitchell [and five others].
• Other Names: Professor, Mitchell, Duncan
• Contents: Cover -- Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities: Testimonies of Resistance -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Personal Accounts of Advocacy and Resistance -- 2. Advocacy as Resistance: Speaking Up as aWay of Fighting Back -- 3. Restriction and Resistance: The Experience of Life on a LockedWard for People with Learning Disabilities -- 4. 'IWould NeverWalk, Talk, Sit or Stand!': The Girl on the Tricycle -- 5. Two Pioneers of Self-advocacy: Ray Loomis and Tom Houlihan -- 6. 'I've Had Enough of the Everyday Thing': Karen Spencer's Life Story -- 7. Resilience and Resistance in the Life Histories of ThreeWomen with Learning Difficulties in Iceland -- 8. Songs of Resistance -- Part II: Speaking for Ourselves: Accounts of Self-advocacy in Action -- 9. My Life, My Choices -- 10. 'What TheyWant -- Yes, ButWhat WeWant -- Bugger Us!' -- 11. The Life of a Group and a Personal Story: Experiences from Huddersfield People First -- Part III: Alliances with Others -- 12. Fires Burning: Advocacy, Camping and Children with Learning Disabilities in Ontario, 1950-1990 -- 13. Resistance in Mencap's History -- 14. One Man's Dream that Continues to Inspire Others -- 15. Maureen Oswin and the 'Forgotten Children' of the Long-stay Wards: Research as Resistance -- 16. Resistance and Control: Mutinies at Brentry -- 17. Taking a Stand Against the Odds -- Part IV: Alternative Interpretations: Reflections on Resistance -- 18. Assistance and Resistance: Making Sense of Inter-war Caring Strategies -- 19. Stereotyped Behaviour: Resistance by People with Profound Learning Difficulties -- 20. Conclusion -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX -- Last Page.
• Publisher Details: London Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages), illustrations, music
• Subjects: 362.3; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; People with mental disabilities -- Care -- Case studies; Learning disabilities -- Treatment -- Case studies; Learning disabled -- Services for; Mental retardation facilities patients; Social advocacy; Learning disabilities; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; Learning disabilities -- Treatment; Learning disabled -- Services for; Mental retardation facilities patients; People with mental disabilities -- Care; Social advocacy; Social Welfare & Social Services; Electronic books; Electronic books -- Case studies; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846425110; 1846425115
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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