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Title: Self-advocacy and advocacy
Other Titles: Learning disabilities : towards inclusion
Authors: Garbutt, Ruth
Callus, Anne-Marie
Keywords: Well-being
Intellectual disability
Mental health
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Garbutt, R., Callus, A. M. (2022). Self-advocacy and advocacy. In H. Atherton and D. Crickmore (Eds.), Learning Disabilities: Towards inclusion (pp. 113-128). Elsevier.
Abstract: Key issues:
- Historically people with intellectual disabilities have not always had choice and control over their lives.
- Self-advocacy is a key way in which people with intellectual disabilities can have a voice and ultimately more choice and control.
- There are different types of advocacy which centre on: an individual speaking up for themselves; an individual speaking up for someone else; and a group of people speaking up together.
- Those who support people with intellectual disabilities should aim to promote self-advocacy in their practice by supporting people to speak up for themselves.
- Sometimes, it will still be necessary to speak up on behalf of people with intellectual disabilities.
- Policy and legislation support the promotion of self-advocacy.
- The values and attitudes of those who support people with intellectual disabilities are very important in relation to self-advocacy and advocacy.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/99227
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