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Valuing the place of young people with learning disabilities in the arts
- Author:
- GODDARD Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 21(3), 2015, pp.238-255.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper charts the course of a group of young people with learning disabilities using theatre to explore ways in which they can express the emotions and dilemmas they face in transitioning from young people 'participating' in their world to more actively engaging in arts leadership roles. A comparison is drawn with Swedish models of disability arts, which tend towards a relative or weaker social model of disability - more akin to the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Impairment than the model used to in the United Kingdom - which it is argued is more suited to inclusion of young people with learning disabilities. Questions of facilitation, co-creation and participation are examined in light of this comparison. (Edited publisher abstract)