Social geographies of learning disability: narratives of exclusion and inclusion

TY - JOUR

T1 - Social geographies of learning disability: narratives of exclusion and inclusion

AU - Hall, Edward

N1 - dc.publisher: Wiley-Blackwell The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com

PY - 2004/9

Y1 - 2004/9

N2 - The social geographies of people with learning disabilities, one of the most marginalized groups in society, have largely been ignored. The paper explores these hidden geographies through the interpretation of narratives of people with learning disabilities in Scotland, within a social policy framework of social exclusion and inclusion. The paper interprets the experiences of being excluded from and included within mainstream socio-spaces, and the safe spaces that many people with learning disabilities have formed for themselves in between the positions of social exclusion and inclusion.

AB - The social geographies of people with learning disabilities, one of the most marginalized groups in society, have largely been ignored. The paper explores these hidden geographies through the interpretation of narratives of people with learning disabilities in Scotland, within a social policy framework of social exclusion and inclusion. The paper interprets the experiences of being excluded from and included within mainstream socio-spaces, and the safe spaces that many people with learning disabilities have formed for themselves in between the positions of social exclusion and inclusion.

KW - Scotland

KW - Learning disability

KW - Narrative

KW - Social exclusion

KW - Social inclusion

KW - Safe spaces

U2 - 10.1111/j.0004-0894.2004.00227.x

DO - 10.1111/j.0004-0894.2004.00227.x

M3 - Article

SN - 0004-0894

VL - 36

SP - 298

EP - 306

JO - Area

JF - Area

IS - 3

ER -