Women with Intellectual Disabilities: Finding a Place in the World

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Rannveig Traustadóttir, Kelley Johnson
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Jan 1, 2000 - Education - 303 pages
An exploration of issues affecting the lives of women with intellectual disabilities, this book examines how they have found a place for themselves in families, in relationships, at work, and in communities. It consists of their stories, written by themselves or by those close to them, and of qualitative research on particular areas of their lives. It takes an international perspective, including contributions from women living in Europe, Australia, India and the US.

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About the author (2000)

Rannveig Traustadottir is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik. She is active in national and international disability associations and is the President of the Nordic Network on Disability Research.

Kelley Johnson, Ph.D. is Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She co-authored Inclusive Research with People with Learning Disabilities, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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