04093nam 2200673Ia 450 991081508700332120240515172805.01-280-73801-497866107380141-84642-511-5(CKB)1000000000338083(EBL)290925(OCoLC)77602852(SSID)ssj0000152304(PQKBManifestationID)11162345(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152304(PQKBWorkID)10322003(PQKB)11401632(MiAaPQ)EBC290925(Au-PeEL)EBL290925(CaPaEBR)ebr10156053(CaONFJC)MIL73801(EXLCZ)99100000000033808320060712d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrExploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities testimonies of resistance /edited by Duncan Mitchell ... [et al.]1st ed.Philadelphia Jessica Kingsley Publishers20061 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84310-359-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 a Way of Fighting Back; 3. Restriction and Resistance:The Experience of Life on a Locked Ward for People with Learning Disabilities; 4. 'I Would Never Walk, 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 Story7.Resilience and Resistance in the Life Histories of Three Women 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 They Want - Yes, But What We Want - 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 Others15. 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 INDEXThis book 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. Many of the personal accounts, photographs and songs included in this book will be accessible and encouraging to people with learning disabilities.Learning disabilitiesTreatmentCase studiesLearning disabledServices forIntellectual disability facilities patientsPeople with mental disabilitiesCareCase studiesSocial advocacyLearning disabilitiesTreatmentLearning disabledServices for.Intellectual disability facilities patients.People with mental disabilitiesCareSocial advocacy.362.3Mitchell G. Duncan(Geoffrey Duncan)187076MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815087003321Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities4062385UNINA