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Developing Independence: the experience of the Lawnmowers Theatre Company.

Authors :
Price, David
Barron, Lee
Source :
Disability & Society; Nov99, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p819-829, 11p
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

This paper describes an action research project in which the Lawnmowers Theatre Company (a company of performers with learning disabilities) mounted drama clubs and a series of night clubs for people with learning disabilities. The objective of the project was to demonstrate that initiatives involving what might loosely be called 'drama' offer important opportunities for adult education and that night clubs for people with learning disabilities can be effective in providing new opportunities for social contact and also recognition for disability arts. All of these factors, it is argued, are important if people with learning disabilities are to be taken seriously as capable, interesting individuals with something useful to say. The project found high levels of participation and a range of skills acquisition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09687599
Volume :
14
Issue :
6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Disability & Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
3954708
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599925911