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Real jobs with real wages
- Author:
- GARBUTT Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 8(2), May 2008, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
People with learning disabilities are often excluded from employment. CHANGE is one organisation that is leading the way on a rights-based approach to the employment of people with learning disabilities. This article discusses the employment model used by CHANGE which includes: use of co-workers; tapping into people's strengths; having a resources worker; providing skills training and utilising volunteers.
Accessible article: involving people with learning disabilities in research
- Authors:
- GARBUTT Ruth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(1), March 2010, pp.21-34.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article is about research on sex and relationships for people with learning disabilities. It explains how people with learning disabilities have been fully involved in the research.
Is there a place within academic journals for articles presented in an accessible format?
- Author:
- GARBUTT Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 24(3), May 2009, pp.357-371.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article addresses some of the difficulties inherent in disseminating emancipatory research findings in academic journals in a way that is empowering to people with learning difficulties in the UK. It calls for academics to challenge the editorial criteria of academic journals to consider accepting articles written in a more accessible style. It argues that from a social model point of view the products of the research, as well as the process, should be accessible to people with learning difficulties. It looks at what an accessible article is and why it is important, the editorial criteria of some academic journals, different models of presenting emancipatory research and suggests some innovative ways forward that highlight the need to 'get involved' in the world of people with learning difficulties and to consider accessible information as a rights-based issue.