ABSTRACT
People with mental health problems are the learners at the focus of the Outlook Project’s brief to provide educational opportunities for this marginalized group. Drawing on the experience of the disability movement the authors argue that care in the community for people with mental health problems is not so easily achieved without structures and attitudes in communities changing too. In addition, the attitudes of mental health service users and the professionals that work with them also have to be challenged. Negotiating a space between different professional interests is a necessary and difficult process but essential if adult educators are to help students regain some degree of autonomy and control over their everyday lives.
