An Auto/Biographical Approach to Learning Disability Research - 9781138320567

Taylor & Francis

An Auto/Biographical Approach to Learning Disability ResearchAuthor(s): Dorothy Atkinson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138320567, 978-1138320567\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1997 , Dorothy Atkinson collects testimonies of the personal perspectives of people with learning disability in order to rediscover the histories of people with learning disabilities. Calling on the importance if auto/biographical research as mode to encourage social, historical awareness and potential understanding of the commonalities as well the differences between people with learning difficulties.