Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities [[electronic resource] ] : testimonies of resistance / / edited by Duncan Mitchell ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MitchellG. Duncan (Geoffrey Duncan) |
Soggetto topico |
Learning disabilities - Treatment
Learning disabled - Services for Intellectual disability facilities patients People with mental disabilities - Care Social advocacy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-73801-4
9786610738014 1-84642-511-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Story
7.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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450856203321 |
Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 | ||
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Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities [[electronic resource] ] : testimonies of resistance / / edited by Duncan Mitchell ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MitchellG. Duncan (Geoffrey Duncan) |
Soggetto topico |
Learning disabilities - Treatment
Learning disabled - Services for Intellectual disability facilities patients People with mental disabilities - Care Social advocacy |
ISBN |
1-280-73801-4
9786610738014 1-84642-511-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Story
7.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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784177303321 |
Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities : testimonies of resistance / / edited by Duncan Mitchell ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MitchellG. Duncan (Geoffrey Duncan) |
Soggetto topico |
Learning disabilities - Treatment
Learning disabled - Services for Intellectual disability facilities patients People with mental disabilities - Care Social advocacy |
ISBN |
1-280-73801-4
9786610738014 1-84642-511-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Story
7.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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815087003321 |
Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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