Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Past, Present and Futures

Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Past, Present and Futures
ISBN-10
0470660406
ISBN-13
9780470660409
Category
Education
Pages
290
Language
English
Published
2010-02-18
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
David McConnell, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Rannveig Traustadóttir

Description

The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and the systems and services they encounter 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

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