Description
- Presents a unique, pan-disciplinary overview of this growing field of study
- Offers a human rights approach to disability and family life
- Informed by the newly adopted UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
- Provides comprehensive research-based knowledge from leading figures in the field of intellectual disability
About the Author
Gwynnyth Llewellyn is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, and Director of the Australian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration. Professor Llewellyn's work led to the world's first national strategy to support parents with learning difficulties and promote a healthy start to life for their young children.
Rannveig Traustadottir is Professor and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies in the School of Social Sciences, University of Iceland. She has been one of the leaders in developing Disability Studies as a scholarly field in the Nordic countries and is the former president of The Nordic Network on Disability Research.
David McConnell is Professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta. Professor McConnell has been conducting research in the field of parents and parenting with intellectual disabilities in Australia for over 15 years. He is now expanding his research program in Canada.
Hanna Bjoerg Sigurjonsdottir is an Assistant Professor at the University of Iceland. She has conducted collaborative research with parents with intellectual disabilities for 15 years. Together with Rannveig Traustadttir she has published Contested Families: Parents with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Children (1998) and Invisible Families: Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Children (2001).
Reviews
"This excellent collection of essays begins from the human rights approach epitomised by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... This collection challenges policy-makers to do more and better, and provides much of the evidence to underpin such improvements." (Disability, Pregnancy & Parenthood International, 1 September 2011)
"Parents With Intellectual Disabilities: Past, Present and Futures is thought provoking worth reading for those working with families with intellectual disabilities." (PsycCRITIQUES, February 2011)
Book Information
ISBN 9780470772942
Author Gwynnyth Llewellyn
Format Paperback
Page Count 290
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 425g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 154mm * 16mm
