Disability and Discourse: Analysing Inclusive Conversation with People with Intellectual Disabilities

“This thought-provoking text is aimed at practitioners, those who engage in everyday conversation with individuals with intellectual disabilities and researchers who employ conversation analysis (CA).  This book reminds us that these individuals and their support workers can benefit from engaging in more mindful and reflective practice with regard to everyday discourse.”  (British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7 August 2013)

‘An exciting and innovatory book, rooted in an informed awareness and concern for the interests and rights of the subjects of study, through a focused analysis of how conversation and participation is realised and maintained in everyday contexts. Carefully conceived, and fundamentally important.’
—Len Barton, Emeritus Professor of Inclusive Education, University of London, UK

‘The first book-length account of working with people with intellectual disabilities, at the fine grain of interactional detail. The distinguishing feature is the reliance not on second-hand data or observational anecdote, but on rigorous analysis of what actually happens. This ought to have immediate appeal to practitioners.’
—Charles Antaki, Professor of Language and Social Psychology, Loughborough University, UK