Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ593149
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Self-Determination for People with Developmental Disabilities and Autism: Two Self-Advocates' Perspectives.
Ward, Michael J.; Meyer, Roger N.
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, v14 n3 p133-39 Fall 1999
Traces the history of civil rights, disability rights, and self advocacy of people with developmental disabilities and autism. The need for future self-determination efforts to develop effective leadership from the ranks of self-advocates and for the accentuation of the positives of having a disability is discussed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Children, Civil Rights, Leadership, Mental Retardation, Personal Autonomy, Self Advocacy, Self Determination
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special Series: Self-Determination, Part 2.
