'Exploring self-advocacy and activism in the lives of people with the label
of learning difficulties'
Dan Goodley
Centre for Disability Studies
University of Leeds
UK
Dan Goodley
is currently finishing an ESRC Project on 'Self-advocacy, Civil Rights
and the Social Model of Disability'. This work builds upon previous
life story and ethnographic research captured in his book Self-advocacy
in the lives of people with learning difficulties: the politics of
resilience' Goodley, 2000, Open University Press
This page is now complete - last updated August 2001.
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Summary
This project examined the stories and actions
of self-advocates with the label of 'learning difficulties'. Their activism contributes to
the wider collective actions of disabled people and requires recognition.
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