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Putting people first
- Author:
- COOPER Cathy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.8.92, 1992, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a new initiative of People First, Young People First. Their aim is to continue the philosophy of People First which is the encouragement of self-advocacy for people with learning difficulties.
Sticking up for yourself: self-advocacy and people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- SIMONS Ken
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 82p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report examining what user participation can mean in practice, looking in particular at self-advocacy and people with learning difficulties. Explores the experiences of service users, supporters and staff.
In the driving seat
- Author:
- MURRAY Nicholas
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 10.10.91, 1991, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Talks to members of Clwyd People First, a self-advocacy group for people with learning difficulties, who are finding their own way in the community.
People, print and power
- Author:
- SMALL Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 7.3.91, 1991, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at the work of Advocacy in Action, a Nottingham-based project which won the equal opportunities section of the 1990 Social Work Today Awards.
Speaking for one and all
- Author:
- HADLEY J.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.9.88, 1988, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Advocacy and self-advocacy, and the mentally handicapped.
Self-advocacy skills training: report of two workshops held between April and September 1987
- Author:
- WERTHEIMER Alison
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund Centre
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 31p., illus., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reflections on the status of citizen advocacy
- Author:
- WOLFENSBERGER Wolf
- Publisher:
- National Institute on Mental Retardation
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 23p., illus.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Social isolation continued: Covid-19 shines a light on what self-advocates know too well
- Authors:
- SCHORMANS Ann Fudge, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 20(1-2), 2021, pp.83-89.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Covid-19 has been an unprecedented time for social work as a profession and even more so for marginalized communities. This paper shares the reflections of three self-advocates (persons labelled/with intellectual disabilities engaged in advocacy and activism), a social worker, and a social work educator and researcher. It is intended as a rallying cry for social work to rethink how we deliver services to ensure that people who have already been made vulnerable through oppressive ableist practices and assumptions are not put at greater disadvantage at times like Covid-19. Hearing directly from self-advocates, we learn of their exclusion from pandemic planning, and of the ways that physical and social distancing protocols have worked to exacerbate the isolation, marginalization and inequities that people labelled/with intellectual disabilities have experienced over the years. We are called upon to more actively focus on advocacy efforts with people labelled/with intellectual disabilities to increase their involvement in planning, as well as access to supports, and to ensure that they do not remain “the left behind of the left behind” . (Edited publisher abstract)
The impact of self‐advocacy organizations on the subjective well‐being of people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review of the literature
- Authors:
- TILLEY Elizabeth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(6), 2020, pp.1151-1165.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: A high sense of subjective well‐being has been associated with more prosocial behaviours, better health, work productivity and positive relationships. The aim of this systematic review was to explore what impact self‐advocacy has on the subjective well‐being of people with intellectual disabilities. Method: The authors reviewed articles focusing on the perspectives of adults with intellectual disabilities engaged with self‐advocacy groups. Searches were performed in PsychINFO, Web of Science, SCOPUS, MEDLINE and CIHNL databases, resulting in 16 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. A framework synthesis approach was used to extract data deductively based on the Dynamic Model of Wellbeing. Results: While self‐advocacy has a positive impact on all domains of the Dynamic Model of Wellbeing, negative impacts associated with participation in a self‐advocacy group were also reported. Conclusions: The benefits of participating in self‐advocacy groups on the well‐being of individuals with intellectual disabilities outweigh the disadvantages. (Edited publisher abstract)
What makes a good self-advocacy project? The added value of co-production
- Authors:
- ARMSTRONG A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 34(7-8), 2019, pp.1289-1311.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article describes how two self-advocates worked with two academics and others to produce a toolkit to help self-advocacy groups run better projects. The paper begins by explaining why this research needed doing and how it was carried out. The researchers then talk about what co-produced research means to them and how they think it is different from participatory or inclusive research. They then discuss whether the research and this article were co-produced. Finally, they looking at why they think co-production added value to this research. The aim with this article is to help activists and academics work together to achieve two things: good-quality research findings; and big differences to disabled people’s lives. (Edited publisher abstract)