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Concepts of access for people with learning difficulties: towards a shared understanding

Concepts of access for people with learning difficulties: towards a shared understanding
Concepts of access for people with learning difficulties: towards a shared understanding
This article explores both the process and outcomes of a seminar series on the concept of access for people with learning difficulties. The seminar topics chosen to foster dialogue across professional and disciplinary boundaries included access to information, education, employment, the law, health, leisure, community, past histories and future plans. The seminars brought together people with learning difficulties and their support workers, researchers and professionals, to examine the expert knowledge of people with learning difficulties in negotiating access, the role of practitioners in mediating access and the contribution of research to understanding access. The aim was to develop a rich, shared understanding of the concept of access for people with learning difficulties. However, a huge amount of 'access work' had to be done to achieve this. The article discusses that access work and proposes a multi-dimensional model of access and ways of promoting it.
learning difficulties, access, participation, inclusion, barriers
0968-7599
273-287
Nind, Melanie
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Seale, Jane
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Nind, Melanie
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Nind, Melanie and Seale, Jane (2009) Concepts of access for people with learning difficulties: towards a shared understanding. Disability & Society, 24 (3), 273-287. (doi:10.1080/09687590902789446).

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This article explores both the process and outcomes of a seminar series on the concept of access for people with learning difficulties. The seminar topics chosen to foster dialogue across professional and disciplinary boundaries included access to information, education, employment, the law, health, leisure, community, past histories and future plans. The seminars brought together people with learning difficulties and their support workers, researchers and professionals, to examine the expert knowledge of people with learning difficulties in negotiating access, the role of practitioners in mediating access and the contribution of research to understanding access. The aim was to develop a rich, shared understanding of the concept of access for people with learning difficulties. However, a huge amount of 'access work' had to be done to achieve this. The article discusses that access work and proposes a multi-dimensional model of access and ways of promoting it.

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Published date: 14 April 2009
Keywords: learning difficulties, access, participation, inclusion, barriers

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Local EPrints ID: 65059
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/65059
ISSN: 0968-7599
PURE UUID: 0d565734-8b6c-4686-96f8-60a279dcdd38
ORCID for Melanie Nind: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4070-7513

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Date deposited: 29 Jan 2009
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:41

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Author: Melanie Nind ORCID iD
Author: Jane Seale

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