The Views and Experiences of Disabled Children and Their Siblings; Contents; List of Appendices; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Chapter One The Policy and Research Background; Chapter Two Conducting the Research; Chapter Three Children Negotiating Day to Day Life at Home; Chapter Four Children Negotiating Day to Day Life at School; Chapter Five Services and Professionals; Chapter Six Brothers and Sisters; Chapter Seven Children's Understandings of Disability; Chapter Eight Conclusions; References; Appendices; Subject Index; Author Index
Summary
Drawing on one-to-one guided conversations with disabled children and follow-up interviews with their parents and siblings, this volume takes an in-depth look at the effects of disability on disabled children. Approaching this neglected subject through the disabled child's perspective, it considers: disabled children's understanding of disability; the ways in which children negotiate the experience of disability in their everyday lives; children's perceptions of their relationships with professionals and their knowledge and views of service provision; children's aspirations for the future and
