Couldn't You Just Call Me John?: A Layman's Guide to Learning Disability and A

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I listened to over three hundred people telling me about learning disabilities and autism: experts from the NHS, social services and various schools, the day-to-day support workers, GPs, nurses and carers. Above all I listened to the people with learning disabilities and their parents. I was told that I had to tell their story.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

An accessible, practical guide to learning disabilities and autism.As well as being a must-read for teachers, classroom assistants and other professionals whose jobs bring them into contact with children with learning disabilities and their families, it is well worth the attention of the rest of us.The book examines how society looked after people in the past and how they are supported in the present. It serves as a valuable resource for anyone trying to navigate their way around the care provision services. For those with just an interest in the subject it shines a light on hidden histories and reveals present day stories that would otherwise never be told.The book is hugely informative and a well-timed publication which adds to the current debate about how we care for the most vulnerable people in our communities. Remarkable first-hand accounts by people who have been impacted by disability and care provision give emotive portrayals of of the realities they face. The personal accounts are filled with dignity, love and the significance of human bonds. Though not always easy reading, the accounts are ultimately up-lifting.The author spoke with over 300 people included experts from the NHS, the social services and schools. Above all he listened to the people with learning disabilities and autism themselves. Virtually every one of them told him that no one understood them or what their daily life was like. He was told that he had to tell their story - or the many different stories, because they are all very different individuals.The reader will become aware of the author's own emotions while he visited different sites, and the overwhelming sense from so many of those he interviewed, of their desire to participate more fully in a world which they feel is entirely ignorant of them.The author became discouraged when he started researching about people with autism and learning difficulties, to be told that such people were now called 'service users'. When a lovely man with autism was asked how he would like to be known, he said - after some thought "Couldn't you just call me John?".

Review

"When I was seventeen, I worked in a local hospital for men and women with learning difficulties. This book is about how people like those I knew are treated today. A hugely important subject and the so called 'normal' world should understand these lovely people better."- Dame Kelly Holmes, GB Olympic Gold Medalist"This book shines a light on a hidden history, it shares stories about real lives that would otherwise not have been told."- Mark Walker, Director for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Kent County Council."Hugely informative in invoking the character and atmosphere of various services for those with learning disabilities, autism or special needs. I enthusiastically recommend it."- Dame Stephanie Shirley CH, Philanthropist and Founder of research charity Autistica.

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"When I was seventeen, I worked in a local hospital for men and women with learning difficulties. This book is about how people like those I knew are treated today. A hugely important subject and the so called 'normal' world should understand these lovely people better." - Dame Kelly Holmes, GB Olympic Gold Medalist "This book shines a light on a hidden history, it shares stories about real lives that would otherwise not have been told." - Mark Walker, Director for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Kent County Council. "Hugely informative in invoking the character and atmosphere of various services for those with learning disabilities, autism or special needs. I enthusiastically recommend it." - Dame Stephanie Shirley CH, Philanthropist and Founder of research charity Autistica.

Details ISBN0953934055 Author Rowley Chris Rowley Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 0953934055 ISBN-13 9780953934058 Format Paperback Pages 320 Publisher Chris Rowley Publication Date 2022-03-29 UK Release Date 2022-03-29 Imprint Chris Rowley Subtitle A Layman's Guide to Learning Disability and Autism Place of Publication Kent Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2022-03-29 NZ Release Date 2022-03-29 DEWEY 362.3 Audience General We've got this

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