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Direct linkAnderson, Sian; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: The role of support workers in self-advocacy groups is complex. The lack of transparency about who controls the agenda within groups is problematised by commentators but the evidence is limited about how supporters act, exercise power and are regarded by self-advocates. Aim: This study investigated the work of supporters in independent…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Social Support Groups
Anderson, Sian; Bigby, Christine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Stigma attached to having an intellectual disability has negative implications for the social identities and inclusion of people with intellectual disability. Aim: The study explored the effects of membership of independent self-advocacy groups on the social identity of people with intellectual disability. Method: Using a…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Self Advocacy, Intellectual Disability, Grounded Theory
Bigby, Christine; Frawley, Patsie; Ramcharan, Paul – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Background: Funding bodies in Australia and the United Kingdom require research on issues that affect the lives of people with intellectual disability to be inclusive. Debate continues about the nature and benefits of inclusive research, which has become an umbrella term encompassing a broad spectrum of approaches. Method: This study proposes one…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Inclusion, Mental Retardation, Self Advocacy
