Self-Advocacy as a means to positive identities for people with intellectual disability : 'We Just Help Them, Be Them Really'
By: Anderson, Sian.
Contributor(s): Bigby, Christine.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 30 (1) January 2017: 109-120. 2017Disc region: text file PDF rda.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
| STIGMA | SELF ADVOCACY | INCLUSION | AUSTRALIA | GREAT BRITAINOnline resources: Read this Article Summary: Stigma attached to having an intellectual disability has negative implications for the social identities and inclusion of people with intellectual disability. Explored the effects of membership of independent self-advocacy groups on the social identity of people with intellectual disability. Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 members of six self-advocacy groups which varied in size, resources, location and policy context: two based in the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania and four in the UK. Discusses the findings.
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Stigma attached to having an intellectual disability has negative implications for the social identities and inclusion of people with intellectual disability. Explored the effects of membership of independent self-advocacy groups on the social identity of people with intellectual disability. Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 members of six self-advocacy groups which varied in size, resources, location and policy context: two based in the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania and four in the UK. Discusses the findings.
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