Building Strong Foundations: Listening to and Learning from People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families

This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title, by Aaron J. Jackson and Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023) Link to read and free download:https://bit.ly/4afIfawThis episode concentrates on the need to listen to and learn from people with intellectual.People with intellectual disabilities are often not well-supported to participate in contributing to changes or are only represented by families or other allies.The new, rights-based approaches discussed in the book emphasise hearing directly from people with lived experience of disability about their experiences as service users, to inform policy change and service design.