2022
DOI: 10.1111/jppi.12426
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Emerging from the shadows: Digital stories of self‐advocates with intellectual disabilities

Abstract: People with intellectual disabilities tend to be subjugated to social roles which make them feel invisible and misunderstood. This study examines the digital stories of self-advocates with intellectual disabilities and explores their experiences of becoming leaders. The digital stories of self-advocates show how people made themselves visible and heard to others through their individual questioning, forming important alliances and collective achievements. Their stories, articulated through the digital platform… Show more

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“…Several participants spoke eloquently of more positive experiences of self-advocacy (14,15), including in healthcare. They highlighted the importance of support people who were advocates and of self-advocacy in driving positive life experiences.…”
Section: Experiences Of Traumamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several participants spoke eloquently of more positive experiences of self-advocacy (14,15), including in healthcare. They highlighted the importance of support people who were advocates and of self-advocacy in driving positive life experiences.…”
Section: Experiences Of Traumamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…‘Leadership’ can, in one sense, be interpreted as an overtly political effort to represent and advocate for people with an intellectual disability as a community (Ellem et al, 2022). In another sense, perhaps more relevant to Multimedia Advocacy, leadership is required for ‘ leading your own life ’ in a way that is self‐determined.…”
Section: Multimedia Advocacy and ‘Leadership’mentioning
confidence: 99%