ABSTRACT

First published in 1997 , Dorothy Atkinson collects testimonies of the personal perspectives of people with learning disability in order to rediscover the histories of people with learning disabilities. Calling on the importance if auto/biographical research as mode to encourage social, historical awareness and potential understanding of the commonalities as well the differences between people with learning difficulties.

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

Research issues

chapter 3|15 pages

The research

chapter 4|14 pages

The process of life review

chapter 5|15 pages

Compiling a collective account

chapter 6|14 pages

Narratives of ordinary lives

chapter 7|14 pages

Stories of segregated lives

chapter 8|18 pages

An historical account

chapter 9|13 pages

Meanings and messages

chapter 10|10 pages

Reflections on practice