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Direct linkGarcía Iriarte, Edurne; O'Brien, Patricia; McConkey, Roy; Wolfe, Marie; O'Doherty, Siobhain – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Background: Internationally, people with intellectual disability are socially marginalized, and their rights under the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) are often ignored. Aims: This paper aims to define the key concerns of adults with an intellectual disability in relation to their participation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Adults, Attitudes
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
Roberts, Bill; Hamilton, Carol – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This article recounts the life-story of one man who was "diagnosed" as intellectually disabled in the early 1960s. It details the time he spent in a special residential school in the Irish Republic after acquiring this label and outlines the bullying and abuse he experienced. It includes his struggle as an adult to come to terms with his…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Bullying, Mental Retardation, Residential Schools
