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In Re a Teenager. Judgement in case heard in Family Court of Aus.

The case was heard before Mr Justice Cook in l988. The question before the Court was whether the parents' decision that a hysterectomy be performed on their daughter was in her best interest and should be allowed to proceed. Their daughter is said to have a "severe degree of mental retardation".
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Technology, Resources and Consumer Outcomes

The Foreword states the Conference was held at a time of the emergence of a "new consumerism" in the intellectual diability field - "In the l980's disabled consumers themselves have entered the arena and the new debate centres on the type of service and the right to choose".
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Project Employment Monographs 1986-87

The papers deal with issues relating to needs of people with intellectual disability who seek Open Employment and those who will continue in the "context of supported employment". The first of the papers was made possible by a grant from the Division of the Intellectually Handicapped, Health Department, W.A.
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Menstrual Management and Fertility Management for Women who have an Intellectual Disability; An Analysis of Australian Policy.

A project funded through a Commonwealth R & D grant to the Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Univ. Queensland. The paper includes a literature search. The paper's aim is to develop information and resources. The introduction states that "debate is currently occurring...
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ACCESS '93. Inclusion in Life. Reports from the Conference held 7-9 March '93, Brisbane

A collection of reports by parent participants who attended the Conference. Most speakers at the conference were parents of people with disability telling of their philosophy of inclusion and their experiences in being proactive in following their vision of inclusion for their son or daughter at school and in the community.
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The Politics of Mental Handicap

An historical and theoretical analysis of the development and rationale of care policies and service types in Great Britain. Frank Thomas was a care worker in hospitals and schools in the 70's, and Joanna Ryan is a researcher and psychologist.
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Facing the Crowd. Managing other people's insensitivities to your disabled child.

The book is written primarily for parents of children with a disability. Other people - relatives, friends, teachers, neighbours, members of the community, may knowingly or unknowingly express insensitive attitudes about their child. The book aims to help parents understand why it is sometimes reasonable to feel uncomfortable with others;...
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Some of the universal "Good Things of Life" which the implementation of Social Role Valorization can be expected to make more accessible to devalued people

The article begins by looking at some of the challenges people make to Social Role Valorisation (SRV). The authors emphasise that SRV can only describe what is likely to happen to a societally or personally devalued person, group or class if particular courses of action are taken, and that the...
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The Long Journey Home

Lee Keatch is the mother of Natalie, a young woman with severe intellectual and multiple disabilities. Lee tells of the pain of placing Natalie in an institution at 9 years of age and of the helplessness of seeing Natalie endure abysmal conditions in the institution before moving into a community...
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The General Practice Care of People with Intellectual Disability: barriers and solutions

This article is based on responses to a random sample of general practitioners (GPs) surveyed throughout Australia. The research identified a range of barriers which compromise the quality of health care available to people with intellectual disability, the main ones being communication difficulties with both patients and other health professionals,...
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