pt. 1: Voices of people -- pt. 2: The context of learning disability services -- pt. 3: Working with people -- pt. 4: Academia and learning disability: two debates
Summary
The detailed study of learning disability features rarely in university courses. To a large extent this reflects the low value attributed by our society and its human services to people with learning difficulties. This unusual book, based on one of those rare courses, includes contributions from academic specialists, students and people with learning difficulties, all of whom have participated in the course. Its 'social approach' challenges the very idea of what should be taught about the subject of learning disability and who should teach it.Learning Disability - A Social Approa
