Craig Blyth, MSc (Profound Learning Disabilities and Multi-sensory Impairment)
Lecturer in Learning Disability Studies
Main Research Interests
The social model of disability and its implications for the development of statutory services for people with learning difficulties. Other interests are related to the areas of sexuality and disability with a specific focus on the constructed nature of these identities.
Main Teaching Interests
- Developing Relationships
- Application to Practice
- Additional Support: Application to Practice
- Disability Studies
- Ethics and Politics of Learning Disability
- Managing Change
Recent Publications
Blyth, C. and Gardner, A. (2007) 'We're Not Asking for Anything Special': Direct Payments and the carers of disabled childen, Disability and Society, 22 (3)
Blyth, C. and Carson, I. (2007) Sexual Uncertainties and Disabled Young Men: Silencing Difference within the Classroom, Pastoral Care in Education, 25 (3), 34. 38