People with intellectual disabilities

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84742-068-8
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

What does it mean to live a good life? Why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one? What happens when we make a good life the centre of our consideration of people with intellectual disabilities? These questions are explored through a re-examination of ideas from philosophy and social theory, and through personal life stories. This important and timely book provides an analysis and critique of current policies and underpinning ideologies in relation to people with intellectual disabilities and explores ways in which a good life may be made more attainable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Kelley

Walmsley, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: exploring a good life; Part One: Reflecting on a good life: My own life: Marie Wolfe with Kelley Johnson;Thinking about a good life; A good life and people with intellectual disabilities;

Part Two: Re-examining key concepts in the light of current practice: A good life in policy; Changing problems changing solutions; Changing constructions of work;

Part Three: Rethinking a good life: Justice, rights and capabilities; Community, inclusion and belonging; Promoting a good life; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Walmsley, Jan
Jan Walmsley is a historian of intellectual disability and Visiting Chair in History of Learning Disability at The Open University. In 1994 she founded the Social History of Learning Disability Research Group at The Open University.

Kelley Johnson is Professor of Disability Policy and Practice at the University of Bristol. Prior to this she was a Marie Curie Fellow at Trinity College Dublin where she facilitated a national programme on inclusive research with people with intellectual disabilities.

Jan Walmsley is Visiting Chair in the History of Learning Disability at the Open University and a founder member of the Social History of Learning Disability Research Group. She currently works as an independent researcher and consultant.

Marie Wolfe is a self-advocate living in Ireland. She has been advocating for rights for people with intellectual disabilities for some years and sees it as her vocation.