'I walk from trouble' : exploring safeguards with adults with intellectual disabilities - an Australian qualitative study

Ottman, Goetz

'I walk from trouble' : exploring safeguards with adults with intellectual disabilities - an Australian qualitative study - Disability & Society 31 (1) January 2016: 47-63 .

Argues that people living with intellectual disability can and shoul dbe directly involved in decisions that aim to keep them safe and have access to both safety training and a supported decison making process. Describes an Australian study dealing with these issues. Covers, violence, abuse, maltreatment, neglect and accidents.


INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
SAFETY
SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING
TRAINING
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
DISABILITY STUDIES
AUSTRALIA

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