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Progress on participation?: self-advocate involvement in learning disability partnership boards
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, McBRIDE Gordon, MYERS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(3), July 2004, pp.27-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Aimed to gather information about the objective and subjective experiences of self-advocates attending learning disability partnership boards, in order to promote effective practices. Findings show that although people with learning disabilities were present at meetings a variety of barriers limited their ability to participate actively. Problems included lack of financial and practical help as well as the limited availability of accessible information. There were, however, examples of good practice, and many self-advocates were pleased at how local authorities were beginning to implement effective partnership working practices. Ways of supporting self-advocates and others with learning disabilities to fulfil a truly representative, rather than merely symbolic, function at meetings are discussed.