Voices of Becoming.
Ms Laura Waite.
Date: Wednesday 29 June, 2016
Time: 2.15pm–3.45pm
Place: Eden109, Liverpool Hope University, UK
The issue of voice in relation to children described as having 'Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities' (PMLD) is one that a number of researchers have attempted to explore both theoretically and practically for some time. Vorhaus in his recent book 'Giving Voice to Profound Disability' starts by apologising that because of the nature of PMLD he has not been able to 'include the voices of profoundly disabled people themselves' (2015, p. 2). He calls for more to be done to utilise and develop forms of alternative and augmentative communication so that individuals said to have PMLD can contribute more productively to research. Ms Waite will reject such narrow conceptions of 'voice' and argue that the use of Creative Analytical Processes (Richardson and St. Pierre, 2001) offers the opportunity to access 'voices' differently. Furthermore, she will suggest that when we 'listen' more attentively through these approaches we might be able to 'hear' the forces of becoming that children described as having PMLD offer us.
Laura Waite is Lecturer in the Department of Disability and Education at Liverpool Hope University, where she is a core member of the CCDS and an EdD candidate. She has made a number of contributions to the work of the CCDS, including a chapter in Disability, Avoidance and the Academy(Routledge, 2016) and papers at seminars and conferences.
This seminar is part of the CCDS series, The Voice of Disability. The next event is a special guest lecture given by Prof Petra Kuppers in memory of Prof Tobin Siebers. Attendance at The Tobin Siebers Disability Arts and Culture lecture is free but must be booked via the online store.
For further information please contact:
Dr David Bolt
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