Learning disability : a social approach

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Race, David G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2012
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Attempts at a social approach to a degree course
  • 2. The historical context
  • 3. Residential and day services for adults
  • 4. Education services: why segregated special schools must close
  • 5. Employment: an opportunity to belong
  • 6. Management and change
  • 7. Evaluation of quality in learning disability services
  • 8. Friendships, relationships and issues of sexuality
  • 9. Social inclusion and people with profound and multiple disabilities: reality or myth?
  • 10. Advocacy and parents with learning difficulties: even when you've got an advocate social services still always do what's easiest for them
  • 11. The 'Normalisation' debate- time to move on
  • 12. Individual and social models of disability and the experiences of people with learning difficulties
  • 13. Conclusion- a personal reflection on values, learning disability and a social approach