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Dorothy Atkinson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Children On The MoveBBC

By Professor Dorothy Atkinson (The Open University)

11 February 2005

Dorothy Atkinson describes how the war-time evacuation helped change the nation.  Read more : Children On The Move

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Tilley, Elizabeth; Earle, Sarah; Walmsley, Jan and Atkinson, Dorothy (2012). ‘The Silence is roaring’: sterilization, reproductive rights and women with intellectual disabilities. Disability and Society, 27(3),

Atkinson, Dorothy (2010). Narratives and people with learning disabilities. In: Grant, Gordon; Ramcharan, Paul; Flynn, Margaret and Richardson, Malcolm eds. Learning Disability: A Life Cycle Approach (Second Edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press / McGraw Hill Education, pp. 7–18.

Bigby, Christine and Atkinson, Dorothy (2010). Written out of history: invisible women in intellectual disability social work. Australian Social Work, 63(1), pp. 4–17.

Hamilton, Carol and Atkinson, Dorothy (2009). 'A story to tell': learning from the life-stories of older people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(4), pp. 316–322.

Atkinson, Dorothy and Rolph, Sheena (2006). Implementation of community care: case studies. In: Welshman, John and Walmsley, Jan eds. Community care in perspective: care, control and citizenship. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 201–218.

Atkinson, Dorothy; Cooper, Mabel and Ferris, Gloria (2006). Advocacy as resistance: speaking up as a way of fighting back. In: Mitchell, Duncan; Traustadottir, Rannveig; Chapman, Rohhss; Townson, Louise; Ingham, Nigel and Ledger, Sue eds. Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities: testimonies of resistance. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 13–19.

Rolph, Sheena and Atkinson, Dorothy (2006). Maureen Oswin and the 'forgotten children' of the long-stay wards: research as resistance. In: Mitchell, Duncan; Traustadottir, Rannveig; Chapman, Rohhss; Townson, Louise; Ingham, Nigel and Ledger, Sue eds. Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities: Testimonies of Resistance. UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 153–171.

French, Sally; Swain, John; Atkinson, Dorothy and Moore, Michelle eds. (2006). An oral history of the education of visually impaired children: telling stories for inclusive futures. Lampeter, UK: Edwin Mellen Press.

Atkinson, Dorothy (2005). Research as social work: participatory research in learning disability. British Journal of Social Work, 35(4), pp. 425–434.

Forbat, Liz and Atkinson, Dorothy (2005). Advocacy in practice: The troubled position of advocates in adult services. British Journal of Social Work, 35(3), pp. 321–335.

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Dorothy Atkinson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Health and Social Care. She has contributed to courses on learning disability and mental health for carers, practitioners and users. She has also helped produce courses for social workers and health and social care managers. She is a member of the Learning Disability Research group. Her research interests include advocacy, history of learning disability and participatory research.

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