Young People with Cognitive Disability in Transition to Adulthood
Young People with Cognitive Disability in Transition to Adulthood
Paul Harpur, University of Queensland
Fotina Hardy, Central Queensland University
Michael Ashley Stein, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
Ann Fudge Schormans, McMaster University, Ontario
$130.00
USDThis book presents the lived experiences of young people with cognitive disability and their struggles as they transition to adulthood. Whether you are a young person yourself looking to transition to adulthood, a parent, or a professional supporting a young person, this book will help you understand the systemic failures which have caused abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence. But it will also outline the inner and outer resources which have enabled young people to maintain their self-belief and overcome adversity. Despite the fact society is failing these young people, the young people in this book speak of belief and have hope for the future. Drawing upon the United Nations human rights framework, this book provides a narrative for empowerment and reform. It involves the input of co-researchers with disability and includes Easy English summaries in each chapter to ensure its accessibility to young people with cognitive disability.
- Easy English summaries are provided for each chapter to make the book accessible to people with cognitive disability
- The process of inclusive research undertaken in developing the book is described
- Draws on international research with a special focus on the UN Human Rights Framework
Product details
November 2024Adobe eBook Reader
9781009408684
0 pages
Not yet published - available from November 2024
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Violence against young people with cognitive disability
- 3. Working in partnership with people with lived experience: an inclusive methodology
- 4. Amethyst's story
- 5. Experiences of young people with cognitive disability: the complex road to adulthood
- 6. The many faces of violence
- 7. Young people and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS): 'The standard cookie cutter approach'
- 8. Don't give up on us: young people's experiences of education and employment
- 9. Housing, home and mental wellbeing: the need for self-determination and safety
- 10. Young people's experiences of the child protection and criminal justice systems
- 11. Having someone in your corner
- 12. In the voices of participants: what needs to change
- References
- Index.
