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Rolph, Sheena; Atkinson, Dorothy; Nind, Melanie and Welshman, John [eds.] (2005). Witnesses to change: families, learning difficulties and history. UK: British Institute of Learning Disabilities Publications.

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.

Brigham, Lindsay; Atkinson, Dorothy; Jackson, Mark; Rolph, Sheena and Walmsley, Jan eds. (2000). Crossing Boundaries: Change and Continuity in the History of Learning Disability. Kidderminster: BILD Publications.

Atkinson, Dorothy; McCarthy, Michelle; Walmsley, Jan; Cooper, Mabel; Rolph, Sheena; Aspis, Simone; Barette, Pam; Coventry, Mary and Ferris, Gloria eds. (2000). Good Times, Bad Times: Women with Learning Difficulties Telling their Stories. Kidderminster: BILD Publications.

Atkinson, Dorothy; Jackson, Mark and Walmsley, Jan eds. (1997). Forgotten lives: Exploring the History of Learning Disability. Kidderminster: BILD Publications.

Atkinson, D.; French, S. and Shakespeare, P. eds. (1993). Reflecting on research practice. Buckingham: Open University Press.

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.

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.

Atkinson, Dorothy (2005). Narrative accounts and people with learning disabilities. In: Goward, Peter; Grant, Gordon; Ramcharan, Paul and Richardson, Malcolm eds. Learning disability: a life cycle approach to valuing people. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press, pp. 7–27.

Atkinson, Dorothy (2002). Self-advocacy and research. In: Gray, Barry and Jackson, Robin eds. Advocacy and Learning Disability. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 120–136.

Ingham, Nigel and Atkinson, Dorothy (2013). An Oral History of the Ethics of Institutional Closure. Ethics and Social Welfare, 7(3) pp. 241–256.

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) pp. 413–426.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Atkinson, Dorothy (2004). Research and empowerment: Involving people with learning difficulties in oral and life history research. Disability & Society, 19(7) pp. 691–702.

Rolph, Sheena; Atkinson, Dorothy and Walmsley, Jan (2003). 'A pair of stout shoes and an umbrella': The role of the Mental Welfare Officer in delivering community care in East Anglia, 1946-1970. British Journal of Social Work, 33(3) pp. 339–359.

Rolph, Sheena; Walmsley, Jan and Atkinson, Dorothy (2002). 'A man's job?' Gender issues and the role of mental welfare officers, 1948-1970. Oral History, 30(1-2) pp. 28–41.