TY - BOOK AU - Pedlar Alison TI - A textured life: empowerment and adults with developmental disabilities SN - 0889203350 AV - HV1570.5C3 U1 - 362.1/968/00971 PY - 1999/// CY - Waterloo, Ont. PB - Wilfrid Laurier University Press KW - Developmentally disabled KW - Canada KW - Services for N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and indexes; Ch. 1. Citizenship and Community Life -- Ch. 2. The Support Services Landscape -- Ch. 3. Family and Home Life -- Ch. 4. Life and Work -- Ch. 5. Life, Leisure, and Relationships -- Ch. 6. A Social Ecological Theory of Empowerment -- Ch. 7. Toward a New Perspective on Social Support -- Appendix I. The Research Project: Survey Data -- Appendix II. The Qualitative Interview Participants ER -