Kith and Kin and the Lived Experience of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

This book considers the ways in which the lives of persons with intellectual disability are closely interconnected with those of the persons around them.

Anne-Marie Callus is Associate Professor in the Department of Disability Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta. She lectures, researches and has published on disability rights, empowerment of persons with intellectual disability, inclusive education, and disabled children's rights, as well as cultural representations of persons with disability. She is Deputy Editor of Disability & Society.

1.Interconnections in the lives of persons with intellectual disability 2.Josephine keeps her socks on in the school gym 3.Noli packs oranges at the market 4.Marc guards the money 5.Eve has her picture taken 6.Giacomo and Giovanni go to the carnival 7.Lauren faces the cameras 8.Participant 13 puts a service-user in their own shoes 9.Noelle pens a poem about herself 10.Leon carries some boxes 11.Someone needs an explanation 12.Brian has ideas 13.Shea reclaims her vote 14.Rachel mourns her grandfather 15.Lucien goes to bed 16.Persons with intellectual disability, kith and kin.