Using Autobiographical Approaches with People with Learning Difficulties
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Disability & Society
- Vol. 14 (2), 203-216
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926271
Abstract
Biography and autobiography have been used in numerous ways to represent people with learning difficulties. In this paper we review a variety of approaches to biography and autobiography with people with learning difficulties, and discuss the roles researchers play. The paper ends with a discussion of the potential of autobiography as a means to change the power relationships in disability research.Keywords
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