BOOK
Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities
Rohhss Chapman | Duncan Mitchell | Nigel Ingham | Sue Ledger | Rannveig Traustadottir
(2006)
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Abstract
This book provides a fascinating vignette of the personal experiences of People with Learning Disabilities for the better (or worse) part of the last century.
What makes the book so interesting is actually meeting some of those involved and seeing their stories in print. It flags up what has been achieved so far, and what still needs to be done.'
- Oral History
'The editors of this book, written by a range of authors form the UK and overseas, set out to provide the reader with an understanding of the ways in which people with learning disabilities direct their lives through advocacy. Its strength lies in the way in which it puts to the forefront the voices of those who have been, and still might be, excluded from society if it were not for the different forms of resistance they have engaged in.'
- Professional Social Work
'The accounts are all of acts of resistance and survival, many of them told by the people themselves. This creates another fascinating book which contributes greatly to an appreciation of the role of people with learning difficulties themselves in the historical struggle for better treatment in society.'
- CommunityLiving
'This book explains how people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. It also explains what self-advocacy means for these people and it shows how opportunities and services have changed for them in 10 years.'
- Europe for Us!
'Heartbreaking, touching and at times inspirational, this book introduces us to the people who have been oppressed, the system that oppressed them and the individuals who stood up to them…Read this if you are involved in supporting people and you will find yourself addressing your practice and attitudes and ultimately, improving the quality of care you deliver.'
- Community Care
'The accounts are all of acts of resistance and survival, many of them told by the people themselves. This creates another fascinating book which contributes greatly to an appreciation of the role of people with learning difficulties themselves in the historical struggle for better treatment in society.'
- Community Living
Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities charts the course through which people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities.
Accounts from the UK, Australia, Canada and Iceland consider both the individual pioneers of self advocacy and local and national groups that have been set up to work actively towards improved services for people with learning disabilities. The book also examines what self-advocacy means for these people and provides an overview of how opportunities and services have changed for them over the decades.
Many of the personal accounts, photographs and songs included in this book will be accessible and encouraging to people with learning disabilities, and they will provide inspiring reading for professionals who work with them, family members and community and government service providers.
`Heartbreaking, touching and at times inspirational, this book introduces us to the people who have been oppressed, the system that oppressed them and the individuals who stood up to them…Read this if you are involved in supporting people and you will find yourself addressing your practice and attitudes and ultimately, improving the quality of care you deliver.'
Community Care
`This book explains how people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. It also explains what self-advocacy means for these people and it shows how opportunities and services have changed for them in 10 years.'
Europe for Us!
.`The editors of this book, written by a range of authors form the UK and overseas, set out to provide the reader with an understanding of the ways in which people with learning disabilities direct their lives through advocacy. Its strength lies in the way in which it puts to the forefront the voices of those who have been, and still might be, excluded from society if it were not for the different forms of resistance they have engaged in.'
Dr. Alison Cocks, Professional Social Work, March 2007
`The accounts are all of acts of resistance and survival, many of them told by the people themselves. This creates another fascinating book which contributes greatly to an appreciation of the role of people with learning difficulties themselves in the historical struggle for better treatment in society.'
Community Living
`The accounts are all of acts of resistance and survival, many of them told by the people themselves. This creates another fascinating book which contributes greatly to an appreciation of the role of people with learning difficulties themselves in the historical struggle for better treatment in society.'
CommunityLiving
`This book provides a fascinating vignette of the personal experiences of People with Learning Disabilities for the better (or worse) part of the last century.
What makes the book so interesting is actually meeting some of those involved and seeing their stories in print. It flags up what has been achieved so far, and what still needs to be done'.
Oral History
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Acknowledgements | |||
Preface | |||
I. Introduction | |||
II. Systems of land tenure and | |||
property rights | |||
Customary tenure and property rights | |||
Private land tenure and property | |||
Framework of tenure and property | |||
rights | |||
de facto security - no tenure | |||
Official recognition - no title | |||
Land rental | |||
Occupancy and use rights | |||
Communal or co-operative | |||
ownership | |||
Customary ownership | |||
Instruments for improving tenure in | |||
extra-legal settlements | |||
Public land ownership or control 5 | |||
Religious concepts of land tenure and 5 | |||
property rights | |||
Indigenous and imported tenure 5 | |||
concepts | |||
Contemporary urban tenure systems 6 | |||
Criteria for assessing tenure and 10 | |||
property rights | |||
III. National policy issues 11 | |||
Introduction 11 | |||
Policies and national land ownership 11 | |||
Policy in countries with private land 13 | |||
markets | |||
Policy in countries with customary 14 | |||
land systems | |||
Policies and plural land tenure 16 | |||
National tenure policy options 17 | |||
Freehold 17 | |||
Conditional freehold 18 | |||
Leasehold 18 | |||
Other tenure options 19 | |||
Tenure and access to credit 20 | |||
Substitutes for full tenure 21 | |||
Administration of tenure and 21 | |||
property rights | |||
Tenure and land use 24 | |||
Tenure, housing investment and cost 25 | |||
Improving tenure systems 27 | |||
IV. Property rights in extra-legal 30 | |||
settlements | |||
Introduction 30 | |||
V. The improvement of traditional 39 | |||
tenure arrangements | |||
Introduction 39 | |||
Colonial responses 40 | |||
Recent government responses 40 | |||
Government acquisition and 42 | |||
development | |||
Development by customary owners 42 | |||
Development by private 43 | |||
developers | |||
Public and private sector joint 43 | |||
ventures | |||
Conclusions 44 | |||
VI. Conclusions 46 | |||
Tenure, rights and urban 46 | |||
management | |||
Policy objectives 47 | |||
Improving land market efficiency 48 | |||
through tenure policy | |||
Improving equity through tenure 49 | |||
policy | |||
Tenure policy and access to credit 49 | |||
Tenure policy and administrative 50 | |||
capability | |||
Future research and the role of 50 | |||
international funding agencies | |||
Annexe: An outline typology of land 52 | |||
tenure and property rights | |||
Glossary of terms 55 | |||
Bibliography 58 |