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The politics of self-advocacy and people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- ARMSTRONG Derrick
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.333-345.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article argues that in considering "self-advocacy" as a policy option through which the citizenship of people with learning difficulties can be asserted, it is necessary to start from an understanding of how "learning difficulties" are themselves socially constructed as a label for managing and controlling a "troublesome" minority. For this reason, significant difficulties are encountered by people with learning difficulties in their attempts to advance their civil rights through self-advocacy. This is particularly the case where self-advocacy is represented as part of a policy agenda for "empowerment" within service settings.
The fight-for-rights
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.7.96, 1996, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author writes that disabled people, elderly people with learning difficulties are all speaking out loudly to be heard.
Care in collision
- Authors:
- GARDNER Paul, SMITH Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.5.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Following a court clash between a disabled son and his mother, the authors discuss the legal difficulties facing disabled people in conflict with their carers.
Development and training for self-organised groups of disabled people: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Place of publication:
- York
There are a growing number of groups being established by Disabled people to work for equal opportunities. Claire King runs a development programme to assist these groups to meet their own aims and objectives. She discovered groups of Disabled people generally lack recognition, adequate funds and resources.
Disabled people voluntary organisations and participation in policy making
- Author:
- DRAKE Robert F.
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 30(3), July 2002, pp.373-385.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
Traditional disability charities have enjoyed significant access to government and have asserted the legitimacy of their participation on the basis of representing a constituency comprising disabled people and carers. However, many disabled people have declared their own preference for self-representation and have rejected the interposition of the traditional disability charities between themselves and government. The purpose of the article is to document the barriers that continue to obstruct disabled people"s access to policy making.
Promoting good health in adolescents with disabilities
- Author:
- ZAJICEK-FARBER Michaela L.
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 23(3), August 1998, pp.203-213.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The recent attempts to implement the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act underscore the necessity for promoting good health in adolescents with disabilities. The article addresses the reasons why this concern has not been recognized and explores the concepts of good health, habilitation and the effects of assistance in encouraging independence for youths with developmental disabilities.