Fostering self-advocacy development in service-based self-advocacy groups
Despite the positive benefits associated with self-advocacy, challenges remain. Society's expectations about self-advocacy are often not translated into practice, inclusion can be superficial, and a balance between independence and assistance is difficult to achieve where support is required.
Authors
- John Carthy
- Valerie McTaggart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4930-5326)
Institutions
- Atlantic University (US)
- Atlantic Technological University (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
- Published
- 2025-03-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2025.2474199
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00