Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/eCbjs1 Deinstitutionalization and People with Intellectual Disabilities In and Out of Institutions By: Kelley Johnson Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Print ISBN: 9781843101017, 1843101017 eText ISBN: 9781846421341, 1846421349 Pages: 296 Copyright year: 2005 Format: PDF Available from $ 37.95 USD SKU 9781846421341 This international collection of personal and professional perspectives takes a fresh look at deinstitutionalization. It addresses the key steps towards deinstitutionalization as they have been experienced by people with intellectual disabilities: living inside total institutions, moving out, living in the community and moving on to new forms of both institutionalization and community life. Many of the chapters are contributions from people with intellectual disabilities. They are based on a life history approach and give a unique personal account of the lived experiences of institutional life and deinstitutionalization by the people who were subject to it. The life story of Tom Allen (1912-1991) is interspersed throughout the book, providing a powerful testimony of the way institutions and deinstitutionalization have affected one individual over the course of almost a century. Researchers and practitioners will find this book an insightful and accessible reflection on deinstitutionalization, and a source of encouragement for improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.
