Caring for Kathleen:

a sister's story about Down’s syndrome and dementia

Margaret Fray

2000            ISBN 1 902519 19 1            Price £16.00

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‘This book deserves to be read by anyone (including student nurses) who have an interest in caring for older people with a learning disability.’ Learning Disability Practice

This is Peggy Fray's moving account of the life of her sister Kathleen, who was
born with Down syndrome. Kathleen's life reflects the changing shape of services over the past 70 years and the huge gap in provision for people with a learning disability who develop dementia. It is illustrated throughout with pictures from Peggy's family album.

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Crossing Boundaries:

change and continuity in the history of learning disability

Edited by Lindsay Brigham, Dorothy Atkinson, Mark Jackson, Sheena Rolph and Jan Walmsley

2000            ISBN 1 902519 21 3            Price £20.00

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This is a companion volume to the highly successful Forgotten Lives. Drawing on new evidence, Crossing Boundaries explores the history of learning disabilities through the voices of self advocates and leading researchers in the field. Topics include the history of learning disability nursing, the use of life stories in research, and the changing roles of voluntary organisations.

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Forgotten Lives:

exploring the history of learning disability

Edited by Dorothy Atkinson, Mark Jackson and Jan Walmsley

1997            ISBN 1 873791 84 4            Price £20.00

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‘A highly readable and non-technical book that will provide a valuable source of knowledge for students and practitioners.’ Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing, Health and Social Care

Forgotten Lives explores the neglected history of learning disabilities, using people's life stories, documentary evidence, photographs and archive sources. This book is an invaluable resource for staff and service users, and for anyone wishing to undertake their own historical research.

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Good Times, Bad Times:

women with learning difficulties telling their stories

Edited by Dorothy Atkinson, Michelle McCarthy, Jan Walmsley, Mabel Cooper,Sheena Rolph, Simone Aspis, Pam Barette, Mary Coventry and Gloria Ferris

2000            ISBN 1 902519 18 3            Price £10.00

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‘A rich collection of snapshots of the lives of many different women with learning difficulties.’ Community Care

Women with a learning disability give voice to their thoughts and feelings on the topics which matter to them most, including relationships, children and work. The book also records the way in which women with and without learning disability worked side by side to make their voices heard. The book includes an illustrated accessible version.

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Not Quite Sisters:

women with learning difficulties living in convent homes

Mary Stuart

2002            ISBN 1 902519 86 8            Price £20.00

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‘A compelling and privileged insight into the lives of a group of women with learning disabilities who shared the experience of life in two Catholic convents. ’
Learning Disability Practice

At the heart of Not Quite Sisters are women’s accounts of their lives with the nuns who cared for them, which together provide a unique record of daily life in a convent for women with learning disabilities. The book also examines the issues surrounding the closure of the convent, and looks at the historical role of religious organisations in the provision of care.

The author gathered the material for this book during eight years of working with a group of women with learning disabilities who had lived in convents all their lives.

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Witnesses to Change:

families, learning difficulties and history

Edited by Sheena Rolph, Dorothy Atkinson, Melanie Nind and John Welshman

2005            ISBN 1 904082 75 0            Price £25.00

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An important contribution to the history of learning disabilities, this new book focuses on changes in family life and learning disability in the twentieth century. The book includes the life stories of parents, as well as siblings, grandparents and other relatives from a wide variety of families, and families from different social classes and ethnic groups.

Witnesses to Change covers the inter-war and post-war period, parents of the 1960s and 1970s, and parents of modern times. In doing so, it highlights changes in policies, attitudes, services and life styles that have taken place over the last century and suggests future change and improvement in support of families.
 

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