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A useful article for teachers or for parents who have approached their local school about the inclusion of their son or daughter and the principal and/or teachers are arguing that they don't have the appropriate skills.
Read MoreThese authors have conducted research on people with learning difficulties with an emphasis on getting people's personal stories.
Read More"The world is going to hell in a wheelbarrow, and this is not going to do retarded people any good" (the author's own, concise abstract). Wolf Wolfensberger (Coordinator, Training Institute for Human Services, Syracuse University.
Read MoreThis article is reprinted from The Age newspaper in Melbourne. It is the story of a woman with an intellectual disability who was remanded in custody (ie. prison) for at least three months after being charged with assault, but without actually being convicted of this or nay other crime.
Read MoreThis is a brief and easy to read summary of social role valorisation. The article moves through three stages. The first is a definition of 'social value' - when the characteristics identified in someone else are judged to be important, useful and lead to acceptance.
Read MoreThis inspirational piece is about so many things: it is about inclusion, it is about friendship, it is about a professional who is thoughtful, passionate and committed, it is about community development, it is about an individual man and it is about powerful strategies which support the social value of...
Read MoreThis article is primarily concerned with the societal attitudes towards women that provide criteria for what it means to be a real woman; women are told that beauty is equivalent to success. The epitome of the enforcement of these criteria are beauty quests.
Read MoreUsing the example of a camp in which a number of young people have disabilities and at which all people take part in all activities, the author talks about the need for a transition in all services so that all people are characterised according to their abilities and where people...
Read MoreA transcript of an address by Ethel Temby at the AGM of Pride Industries, Adelaide. This inspirational piece calls for visionary approaches to be taken by parents of children with disabilities and members of the community in general.
Read MoreThere are two main points in this article. Bynum (a community education officer) argues that people with intellectual disabilities are the best community educators for changing other peoples values and expectations.
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