Sue Dumbleton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6589319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue Dumbleton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue |
| FAMILY NAME | Dumbleton |
| SIGNATURE | DUMBLETON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Social History of Learning Disability Research Group, Milton Keynes, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The changing face of parent advocacy: A long view
This paper reviews the history of parent advocacy in the UK on behalf of and with people with learning disabilities since the mid-twentieth century and reflects on the role of the academy in illuminating and documenting its story. It argues that parent advocacy has flourished at times of change and challenge, and has seen a revival since austerity began to bite. In the twenty-first century parent advocacy has mutated into working with, rather tha…
Goodies and Baddies: Equivocal Thoughts about Families Using an Autoethnographic Approach to Explore Some Tensions between Service Providers and Families of People with Learning Disabilities
This paper will explore the power of history in affecting contemporary caring practice. Drawing on the author's personal experience as a social worker, researcher and parent of a daughter with learning disabilities, the article will consider the ways in which the experience of (and to an extent, nostalgia for) the ‘heady days’ of de-institutionalisation continues to influence staff perceptions about their work. In doing so, this article will crit…
Social Justice and Social Policy in Scotland
Social justice and social policy in Scotland offers a critical engagement with the state of social policy in one of the devolved nations of the UK, a decade after the introduction of devolution. Promoting greater social justice has been held up as a key vision of successive Scottish administrations since devolution began. It is argued throughout this important book that the analysis of Scottish social policy must therefore be located in wider deb…
The changing face of parent advocacy: A long view
This paper reviews the history of parent advocacy in the UK on behalf of and with people with learning disabilities since the mid-twentieth century and reflects on the role of the academy in illuminating and documenting its story. It argues that parent advocacy has flourished at times of change and challenge, and has seen a revival since austerity began to bite. In the twenty-first century parent advocacy has mutated into working with, rather tha…
Goodies and Baddies: Equivocal Thoughts about Families Using an Autoethnographic Approach to Explore Some Tensions between Service Providers and Families of People with Learning Disabilities
This paper will explore the power of history in affecting contemporary caring practice. Drawing on the author's personal experience as a social worker, researcher and parent of a daughter with learning disabilities, the article will consider the ways in which the experience of (and to an extent, nostalgia for) the ‘heady days’ of de-institutionalisation continues to influence staff perceptions about their work. In doing so, this article will crit…
Social Justice and Social Policy in Scotland
Social justice and social policy in Scotland offers a critical engagement with the state of social policy in one of the devolved nations of the UK, a decade after the introduction of devolution. Promoting greater social justice has been held up as a key vision of successive Scottish administrations since devolution began. It is argued throughout this important book that the analysis of Scottish social policy must therefore be located in wider deb…
Goodies and Baddies: Equivocal Thoughts about Families Using an Autoethnographic Approach to Explore Some Tensions between Service Providers and Families of People with Learning Disabilities
This paper will explore the power of history in affecting contemporary caring practice. Drawing on the author's personal experience as a social worker, researcher and parent of a daughter with learning disabilities, the article will consider the ways in which the experience of (and to an extent, nostalgia for) the ‘heady days’ of de-institutionalisation continues to influence staff perceptions about their work. In doing so, this article will crit…
The changing face of parent advocacy: A long view
This paper reviews the history of parent advocacy in the UK on behalf of and with people with learning disabilities since the mid-twentieth century and reflects on the role of the academy in illuminating and documenting its story. It argues that parent advocacy has flourished at times of change and challenge, and has seen a revival since austerity began to bite. In the twenty-first century parent advocacy has mutated into working with, rather tha…
Healthcare innovation and challenges (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Learning disability (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)