"Following the Second World War, a generation of Seattle parents went against conventional medical wisdom and refused to institutionalize their children with developmental disabilities. This book presents a visual narrative of thirteen of these remarkable families. With a rich a…
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"Following the Second World War, a generation of Seattle parents went against conventional medical wisdom and refused to institutionalize their children with developmental disabilities. This book presents a visual narrative of thirteen of these remarkable families. With a rich a…
"Following the Second World War, a generation of Seattle parents went against conventional medical wisdom and refused to institutionalize their children with developmental disabilities. This book presents a visual narrative of thirteen of these remarkable families. With a rich a…
"How might we best manage those who have offended but have mental vulnerabilities? How are risks identified, managed and minimised? What are ideological differences of care and control, punishment and therapy negotiated in practice? These questions are just some which are debate…
Talking About Sex: Sexuality Education for Learners with Disabilities addresses issues of physical and cognitive development, includung appropriate sexual development/urges, brain development, and innate similarities and differences of sexuality that may occur between people wit…
This book explores what happens to people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) when they reach adulthood.
1. Introduction -- 2. Exclusion -- 3. Intelligence -- 4. Difference -- 5. Causes -- 6. Development -- 7. Assessment -- 8. Autism and its creation -- 9. Autism in context -- 10. Conclusion.
The social position of learning disabled people has shifted rapidly over the last 20 years, from long-stay institutions, first into community homes and day centres, and now to a currently emerging goal of "ordinary lives" for individuals using person-centred support and personal…
"The social position of learning disabled people has shifted rapidly over the last 20 years, from long-stay institutions, first into community homes and day centres, and now to a currently emerging goal of "ordinary lives" for individuals using person-centred support and persona…
''Brings together the growing amount of evidence on the assessment and treatment of offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Written by a team of international experts, this comprehensive and informative book provides a contemporary picture of evidence-based pr…
"An unprecedented book that discusses a decades long journey of understanding vision and visual impairment through working with patients with brain damage Edward de Haan, a noted clinical vision researcher for the last 35 years, explains how the healthy brain deals with visual i…
