Autorentext

Anne-Marie Callus is Associate Professor in the Department of Disability Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta. She lectures, researches and has published on disability rights, empowerment of persons with intellectual disability, inclusive education, and disabled children's rights, as well as cultural representations of persons with disability. She is Deputy Editor of Disability & Society.

Klappentext

This book considers the ways in which the lives of persons with intellectual disability are closely interconnected with those of the persons around them.

Inhalt

1.Interconnections in the Lives of Persons with Intellectual Disability. 2.Josephine keeps her socks on in the school gym. 3.Noli packs oranges at the market. 4.Marc guards the money. 5.Eve has her picture taken. 6.Giacomo and Giovanni go to the carnival. 7.Lauren faces the cameras. 8.Participant 13 puts a service-user in their own shoes. 9.Noelle Pens a Poem About Herself. 10.Leon carries some boxes. 11.Someone Needs an Explanation. 12.Brian has ideas. 13.Shea reclaims her vote. 14.Rachel Mourns her Grandfather. 15.Lucien goes to bed. 16.Persons with Intellectual Disability, Kith and Kin.