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Making connections: reflecting on the lives and experiences of people with learning difficulties; a reader
- Editors:
- BRECHIN Ann, WALMSLEY Jan
- Publisher:
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 289p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
A collection of readings exploring the experiences of people with learning difficulties, reflecting a variety of approaches from an individual to a social level.
People with intellectual disabilities: towards a good life?
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Kelley, WALMSLEY Jan, WOLFE Marie
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 234p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book asks the following questions: what does it mean to live a good life; why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one; and what happens when we make a good life the centre of our consideration of people with intellectual disabilities. These questions are explored through a re-examination of ideas from philosophy and social theory, and through personal life stories. This book provides an analysis and critique of current policies and underpinning ideologies in relation to people with intellectual disabilities and explores ways in which a good life may be made more attainable. Chapters include: exploring a good life; part one: reflecting on a good life: my own life: Marie Wolfe; thinking about a good life; a good life and people with intellectual disabilities; part two: re-examining key concepts in the light of current practice: a good life in policy?; changing problems changing solutions; changing constructions of work; part three: rethinking a good life: justice, rights and capabilities; community, inclusion and belonging; promoting a good life; conclusion.
Community care in perspective: care, control and citizenship
- Editors:
- WELSHMAN John, WALMSLEY Jan, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 278p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
The book fills a major gap in medical and social history by offering a detailed account of community provision for so called "vulnerable adults", from 1948 in the UK. The book focuses primarily on people with learning difficulties, but offers insights into community care more broadly, particularly through the use of key themes. The book has a contemporary relevance to aspiring and existing practitioners in health and social care because although historical lessons do not provide any kind of blueprint for the future, an understanding of the evolution of community care is of practical help to policy makers and service providers in offering a context for their work.
Inclusive research with people with learning disabilities: past, present and futures
- Authors:
- WALMSLEY Jan, JOHNSON Kelley
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The authors explain how lessons learnt from inclusive research in the learning disability field are applicable to others working with marginalized groups. They examine the origins and the process of inclusive research, describing how and why it takes place, who carries it out, who funds it, how it is designed and how it relates to policy and practice. They look at the challenges inherent in this work, such as balancing the voice of the researcher with that of disabled participants and clarifying roles within research projects, and explore how it can become more inclusive and empowering. Providing information and advice to researchers, policy makers and students as well as other health and social care professionals, this book presents a comprehensive examination of participative research in social care.