Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (1 Mar 1996)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1872941273
'For twenty years my son has come home and gone upstairs to play his tapes. Yesterday he came back and said he wanted to go to the pub!' Many adults with learning difficulties will have been through experiences that have literally disempowered them as individuals, leaving them passive and reluctant to express an opinion or make choices. This book is written for people working to support the development of self advocacy with people with learning difficulties in a range of settings and looks at some of the issues and dilemmas involved. In a refreshingly clear style, the authors present the real life experience of people with learning difficulties who describe in their own words what self advocacy means to them. Issues tackled include how to define self advocacy; the processes involved in individuals speaking up and in collective self advocacy; the role of facilitators and the dilemmas they have encountered; and how parents have reacted to the impact on their sons' and daughters' lives.Ex. Library softcover - usual stamps and labels + PVC cover, barely creased, 2 very small faded coffee stains to very base of title page, faded spine.
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