Beschreibung:
This book presents the lives of people with intellectual disabilities as a series of transitions and offers us a view of the world that is as complex as any other. The contributors have extensive research experience in this field and provide a comprehensive review of their research, drawing out the implications for policy and practice.
One claim made for the policy of care in the community was that it would rescue people with intellectual disabilities from social marginality. To what extent has this promise been fulfilled and their lives transformed? David May presents the lives of people from this group as a series of transitions and offers us a view of the world that is as complex and changeable as any other. Each section covers a different aspect of choice, opportunity and transition on the lifepath, for example,
* moving from home to school
* leaving school
* employment
* living independently and
* growing old
The contributors have extensive research experience in the field of intellectual disabilities and provide a comprehensive review of this research, drawing out the implications for policy and practice. This book will be an invaluable resource for professionals and carers working with those with intellectual disabilities, as well as their families.
1. Editorial. David May. 2. Transition and Change in the Lives of Families with a Young Disabled Child: The Early Years, Carol Robinson, Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol. 3. Individuals with Learning Difficulties in the School Context, George O.B. Thomson, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Edinburgh. 4. Negotiating Adolescence, Billie Shepperdson, Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, University of Leicester. 5. Becoming Adult: School-leaving, Jobs and the Transition to Adult Life, David May, Department of Social Work and Psychiatry, University of Dundee. 6. Programming Adulthood: Intellectual Disability and Adult Services, Murray K. Simpson, Lecturer in Social Work, Department of Social Work, University of Dundee. 7. Marriage and Parenting, David May and Murray K. Simpson. 8. Rights of Passage: Life Course Transitions for Women with Intellectual Disabilities, Patricia Noonan Walsh, Department of Pyschology and Centre for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, National University of Ireland, Dublin. 9. Bringing Lives into Focus: The Disabled Person's Perspective, Dorothy Atkinson, School of Health and Social Welfare, The Open University. 10. Older Family Carers: Challenges, Coping Strategies and Support, Gordon Grant, Professor in Cognitive Disability, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield. 11. Stability and Change in the Later Years: The Impact of Service Provision on Older People with Intellectual Disabilities, James Hogg, White Top Research Unit, University of Dundee and Loretto Lambe, Profound and Multiple Impairment Service, University of Dundee. References. Index.
