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Self‐advocacy in historical perspective
Author(s) -
Buchanan Ian,
Walmsley Jan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2006.00410.x
Subject(s) - self advocacy , perspective (graphical) , happening , government (linguistics) , public relations , space (punctuation) , political science , psychology , public administration , sociology , pedagogy , history , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , performance art , computer science , art history
Accessible Summary• This paper looks at the history of self advocacy in England. • Self advocacy has helped many people with learning difficulties to speak up and gain more confidence. • But now it is associated with Government policy. After Valuing People, people expect self advocacy organizations to speak up for everyone with learning difficulties. • This might mean there is less time and space to help new people learn about speaking up as individuals. • It is important to find ways to support self advocacy groups, especially those run by people themselves, to avoid this happening.