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Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities

Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities

Rohhss Chapman | Duncan Mitchell | Nigel Ingham | Sue Ledger | Rannveig Traustadottir

(2006)

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
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