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Author:

CALLUS Anne-Marie;

Title:

Enabling self-advocacy: working hand-in-hand with people with learning disabilities.

Reference:

Learning Disability Today, June/July 2012, pp.22-24.

ISSN paper:

1752-007X

Abstract:

The responses of people with learning disabilities clearly show how important it is to take their views into account. Yet, it is often the views of professionals that are listened to. This leads to a propensity for interactions with people with learning disabilities to be based primarily on a consideration of their impairments, rather than from a consideration of their wishes, aspirations or perceptions. This article suggests that to make self-advocacy truly enabling requires an understanding of how the term ‘learning disability’ is understood. It discusses the notion of ‘normal’, and how learning disabilities imply ‘not normal’ – which can have deleterious effects on the lives of those with learning disabilities, including social rejection, a lack of control over their own lives, and a lack of opportunity.

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Format:

article;

Topics:

attitudes; choice; learning disabilities; self-advocacy; social inclusion;

Country/Region:

England;

Record ID:

www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=7af783f9-8526-4378-afcd-f96127a50008