Using autobiographical approaches with people with learning difficulties

Authors
Atkinson, D Walmsley, J
Citation
D. Atkinson et J. Walmsley, Using autobiographical approaches with people with learning difficulties, DISABIL SOC, 14(2), 1999, pp. 203-216
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation
Journal title
DISABILITY & SOCIETY
ISSN journal
09687599 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
203 - 216
Database
ISI
SICI code
0968-7599(199903)14:2<203:UAAWPW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Biography and autobiography have been used in numerous ways to represent pe ople with learning difficulties. In this paper we review a variety of appro aches to biography and autobiography with people with learning difficulties , and discuss the roles researchers play. The paper ends with a discussion of the potential of autobiography as a means to change the power relationsh ips in disability research.