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What things make people with a learning disability happy and satisfied with their lives: an inclusive research project
- Authors:
- HAIGH Anna, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 26(1), 2013, pp.26-33.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article describes a study about what makes people with a learning disability happy and satisfied with their lives. The research was conducted by a group of researchers, some of whom have a learning disability. Twenty people with a learning disability who said they were very happy and satisfied with their lives were interviewed. They were asked about the things that enable them to lead happy lives, and the things that disable them. The findings are discussed using 3 themes: environmental factors (choice and independence, activities, valuable social roles, and relationships); enabling and disabling (staff, family, and boundaries); and personal characteristics. The results show that there are lots of things that people with a learning disability think is important to be happy and satisfied. The findings may be useful to people who want to help people with learning disabilities lead happy, fulfilling lives.
Citizenship: a guide for providers of support
- Authors:
- SLY Sam, TINDALL Bob
- Publisher:
- Centre for Welfare Reform
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
This guide outlines the 7 keys to citizenship and explains how they can be used by service providers to improve the lives of people with disabilities and their families and can also build quality into services. It believes that these 7 keys can help people to take action on three levels: personal change; local change in communities; and political change. Sections look at each of the seven principles in turn, and outline how they can provide a framework for improving the lives of people with disabilities. The 7 keys to citizenship are: purpose – having goals, hopes and dreams and a structure for life and a plan to achieve this; freedom – having control and the ability to be heard; money – having enough money to live a good life and control over how that money is spent; home – having a place that belongs to us; help – having good help that enhances our gifts, talents and skills; life – making an active contribution to our communities; Love – having loving relationships. (Edited publisher abstract)
How is it going? A survey of what matters most to people with learning disabilities in Scotland today
- Author:
- CURTICE Lisa
- Publisher:
- ENABLE
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Results of a survey into what matters most to people with learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorders in Scotland are presented. 605 people (about 1 in 200 of the population of people with learning disabilities in Scotland) replied to a postal questionnaire. What matters most to people with learning disabilities is getting their own home, having friends and being able to go out more. They also want to make sure they stay in contact with family and they keep the support that is essential to their independence. They enjoy socialising more than anything else and next to that, sport. They hope for new experiences. Findings and conclusions from the research in terms of choice and independence, friends and relationships, leisure, work, and education and training are presented.