The principles of normalisation have offered a radical change from compliance to autonomy
for many people. Skill‐teaching in each dimension of the person's daily living activities has …

Choice denied or choice discovered? Page 1 Choice denied or choice discovered? Hazel
Morgan presents some of the aims and activities of the Foundation for People with Learning …

For many years, the promotion of choice has been a core objective for virtually every service
provider working to support people with learning disability. This is confirmed by the 2001 …

In the context of normalisation and rights recognition, capacity for decision-making by
people with an intellectual disability has emerged as an important but potentially contentious …

Governmental policy identifies choice as a central theme for support services to people with
learning disabilities. The expansion of options about where to live, what to do and with …

This paper reviews recent research concerning the exercise of choice by people with
intellectual disabilities, drawing on the fields of social policy and psychology. The concept of …

Abstract The Mental Capacity Act 2005 states:'A person is not to be treated as unable to
make a decision unless all practicable steps to help him to do so have been taken without …

There has been a welcome recent shift towards taking account of the views of those who
have traditionally been seen as lacking competence, including those with learning …

This paper describes a participant observation approach to exploring choice making by
people with an intellectual disability in three different home settings‐‐a private family home …

This paper discusses some ethical and methodological issues which arose in a recent study
examining the exercise of choice by people with learning difficulties. The research aimed to …