| Description |
x, 272 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / David Braddock -- Introduction / Bob Williams -- 1. Setting the Stage Historically / Gunnar Dybwad -- 2. Self-Advocates On The Move: A Journalist's View / Robert Perske -- 3. "It's Been A Struggle": Her Own Story / Barbara Goode -- 4. Handicap Consciousness / Ake Johansson -- 5. Thoughts in Me / Elisabeth Broberg -- 6. Address to the National Conference Of and For People with Intellectual Disability: Gothenberg, Sweden, 1987 / Thomas Holmqvist -- 7. Parents' Expectations and Demands / Ake Johansson -- 8. Self-Advocacy and the International League / Robert Martin -- 9. "In Their Best Interest": How Self-Advocacy Came About in the ILSMH / Helmut Spudich -- 10. The Right to Self-Determination in Sweden / Patricia McKenna -- 11. A History of People First in Canada / Bruce Kappel -- 12. The Rise of Self-Advocacy in Great Britain / John Hersov -- 13. The Wheels of Self-Advocacy in Australia / Lynn Romeo |
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14. People First of Oregon: An Organizational History and Personal Perspective / Valerie Schaaf and Hank Bersani -- 15. The History of People First of Washington State / Bob Furman -- 16. People First of Nebraska: 8 Years of Accomplishments / Nancy Ward and Bonnie Shoultz -- 17. Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered: The Birth of a National Organization in the U.S. / Bonnie Shoultz and Nancy Ward -- 18. Self-Advocacy at the Crossroads / Bernard J. Carabello and Joanne F. Siegel -- 19. "The Bruises Are On the Inside": An Advisor's Perspective / Ruthie-Mae Beckwith -- 20. The Legacy of Self-Advocacy: People with Cognitive Disabilities as Leaders in their Community / Michael Wehmeyer and Richard Berkobien -- 21. Leadership in Developmental Disabilities: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going / Hank Bersani, Jr. -- Epilogue: Thoughts on the Death of a Valiant Self-Advocate / Bern Graney |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
People with mental disabilities -- Political activity.
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Social advocacy.
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| Author |
Bersani, Hank A.
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Dybwad, Gunnar.
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| LC no. |
95050279 |
| ISBN |
1571290044 (paperback) |
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