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Sally Robinson; Jan Idle; Karen R. Fisher; Kathleen Reedy; Christy Newman; Christiane Purcal; Gianfranco Giuntoli; Sarah Byrne; Ruby Nankivell; Gavin Burner; Rebeka Touzeau; Tim Adam; Paige Armstrong – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Negative attitudes remain a major barrier to the equality of people with disability, especially when coupled with the lack of autonomy imposed on many people. This paper analyses how disability self-advocacy groups seek to change community attitudes and work towards systemic change by mobilising knowledge from their lived experience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Organizations, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Peer Teaching
Callus, Anne-Marie; Bonello, Isabel; Micallef, Brian – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: This article presents an overview and discussion of the main developments in the lives of persons with intellectual disability in Malta over the last 70 years in residential services, education, employment, friendships and relationships, culture, sport and leisure activities, having a say in one's own life and how people look at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advocacy, Self Advocacy, Intellectual Disability
Álvarez-Aguado, Izaskun; Vega Córdova, Vanessa; Spencer González, Herbert; González Carrasco, Félix; Jarpa Azagra, Marcela; Exss Cid, Katherine – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: Self-determination is a key construct to guarantee the development of skills that allow people with disabilities to acquire control over their lives. However, people with intellectual disabilities may have premature ageing processes that make it difficult to exercise these skills. This study seeks to determine the self-determination…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Aging (Individuals), Intellectual Disability, Self Advocacy
Fish, Rebecca; Hatton, Chris; Chauhan, Umesh – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Background: Previous research has found that people with learning disabilities are not given prescription information that is tailored to their needs. We wanted to find out people's information requirements. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire was co-produced by the authors and consultants with learning disabilities. It asked what information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Questionnaires, Physicians
Azzopardi-Lane, Claire; Callus, Anne-Marie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
This paper presented research undertaken in collaboration with a self-advocacy group using inclusive research methods and puts forward the views of people with intellectual disability on the topics of sexuality and relationships. The paper presents the perceptions of sexuality of the people with intellectual disability and how these are influenced…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Mental Retardation, Self Advocacy, Interpersonal Relationship
Williams, Val; Ponting, Lisa; Ford, Kerrie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Participation, voice and control have long been central concerns in the research at Norah Fry. This paper focuses on inclusive research relating to choice and control, as experienced by people with learning disabilities who use personal budgets and direct payments, and aims to question how the process of inclusive research can be linked to wider…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Social Science Research, Social Influences
Gilmartin, Ann; Slevin, Eamonn – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
A phenomenological methodology was used to explore the lived experiences of belonging to a self-advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities. Thirteen persons with intellectual disabilities who attend three self-advocacy day centre based groups in a city in the west of Ireland were the sample identified for the study. Changes affected…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Mental Retardation, Group Membership, Empowerment