This book brings together contributions from leading proponents of psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities, which offer key information on the nature and prevalence of psychological and mental health problems, the delivery of treatment approaches, and t…
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"Intellectual Disability: Ethics, Dehumanization, and a New Moral Community presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and evolution of the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. This book: Examines the roots of disability ethics from a psychologica…
Mental disorders are ubiquitous, profoundly disabling and people suffering from them frequently endure the worst conditions of life. In recent decades both mental health and human rights have emerged as areas of practice, inquiry, national policy-making and shared international …
"Mental disorders are ubiquitous and profoundly disabling, and people suffering from them frequently endure the worst conditions of life. In recent decades both mental health and human rights have emerged as areas of practice, inquiry, national policy-making, and shared internat…
"Mental disorders are ubiquitous, profoundly disabling and people suffering from them frequently endure the worst conditions of life. In recent decades both mental health and human rights have emerged as areas of practice, inquiry, national policy-making and shared international…
"Mental disorders are ubiquitous and profoundly disabling, and people suffering from them frequently endure the worst conditions of life. In recent decades both mental health and human rights have emerged as areas of practice, inquiry, national policy-making, and shared internat…
ADD and Your Money is a comprehensive, accessible guide to money management for adults with attention deficit disorder (ADD). Coauthored by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, an ADD coach, and Karl Klein, a financial and legal expert, this book helps readers reduce impulsive spending, ke…
When brain surgery makes a mouse into a genius, dull-witted Charlie Gordon wonders if it might also work for him. With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirr…
Offering a detailed account of community provision for so-called 'vulnerable adults' in the UK, this collection focuses primarily on people with learning difficulties, examining key issues such as charity versus rights, the role of the market in care provision and the changing c…
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…
With this Dickensian tale from Americas heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to fin…
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…
