Deinstitutionalization and people with intellectual disabilities :
[Book]
in and out of institutions /
edited by Kelley Johnson and Rannveig Traustadóttir.
Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2005.
1 online resource (293 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cover; Deinstitutionalization and People with Intellectual Disabilities: In and Out of Institutions; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: In and Out of Institutions; PART I: Living Inside; 1. Sixty Years in the Institution; 2. Institutionalization: A Historical Perspective; 3. Containing Uncontainable Women; 4. Institutional Death: The Coronial Inquest into the Deaths of NineMen with Intellectual Disabilities; 5. I've Been in Hospital All My Life; 6. The Institutions Are Dying, but Are Not Dead Yet; PART II: Moving Out; 7. It's Never Too Late.
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Deinstitutionalization and People with Intellectual Disabilities is an international collaboration between qualitative researchers and former institutional residents with intellectual disabilities that presents a comprehensive overview of personal and professional perspectives on deinstitutionalisation. Personal stories alternate with cultural and political analysis, and reflections on implementing and evaluating deinstitutionalisation. This great diversity of perspectives is complemented by insights into the personal and professional life of one institutional ex-resident, Thomas Allen, whose.
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Deinstitutionalization and people with intellectual disabilities.
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Intellectual disability facilities.
People with mental disabilities-- Deinstitutionalization, Cross-cultural studies.
Deinstitutionalization.
Mentally Disabled Persons.
Intellectual disability facilities.
MEDICAL-- Mental Health.
People with mental disabilities-- Deinstitutionalization.