People with Intellectual Disabilities: Towards a Good Life?

by Jan Walmsley, Kelley Johnson, With

What does it mean to live a good life? Why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one? What happens when we make a good life the centre of our consideration of people with intellectual disabilities? These questions are explored through a re-examination of ideas from philosophy and social theory, and through personal life stories. This important and timely book provides an analysis and critique of current policies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847420699
• ISBN13: 9781847420695
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"