Rannveig Traustadottir Editor

Duncan Mitchell is Professor of Health and Disability at Manchester Metropolitan University and Head of Clinical Services for Manchester Learning Disability Partnership. Rannveig Traustadottir is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik. She is active in national and international disability associations and is the President of the Nordic Network on Disability Research. Rohhss Chapman is a development worker for Cumbria People First, and is studying for a PhD on self advocacy and people with learning disabilities at The Open University, UK. She is also a member of the Social History of Learning Disabilities Group. Louise Townson is Project Director for Carlisle People First, and is a member of the UK Government task force on Valuing People. Nigel Ingham has, during the past 25 years, developed inter-agency reminiscence and oral history projects in North West England and South East Scotland while working in adult education and the voluntary sector. Currently he is working for Community Service Volunteers (CSV), managing a Heritage Lottery-funded project archiving the residential and working culture of the Royal Albert Hospital, Lancaster, a former large Victorian long-stay institution for people with learning difficulties. Sue Ledger is a service manager with an inner London borough and has worked alongside people with learning difficulties in developing a range of support services in the UK and with two overseas projects.