Disability and discourse : analyzing inclusive conversation with people with intellectual disabilities

For people with learning disabilities, effective communication presents a special set of challenges. By analyzing a series of real-life conversations and encounters between people with learning disabilities and those who work with them, this book provides illuminating insight into the ways people ar...

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Main Author: Williams, Val (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell , c2011
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Summary:For people with learning disabilities, effective communication presents a special set of challenges. By analyzing a series of real-life conversations and encounters between people with learning disabilities and those who work with them, this book provides illuminating insight into the ways people are treated in routine conversations
Physical Description:xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-250) and index
ISBN:0470682663 (hardback : alk. paper)
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9780470682661 (hardback : alk. paper)
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