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Peer reviewedKishi, Gloria; And Others – American Journal of Mental Retardation, 1988
Everyday choices and choice-making opportunities of 24 mentally retarded persons living in community group homes were compared to choices of 42 nonretarded adults. Retarded adults had significantly fewer opportunities to make decisions on such matters as what to eat or wear, how to spend free time, and with whom to live. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making, Group Homes
1991
This protocol is designed to help plan and carry out meetings between persons with disabilities and those who are responsible for assisting them in making choices about their future services. It was developed to quantify and define some of the issues involved in having Illinois individuals who are eligible for relocation from nursing facilities…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textTransition Summary, 1988
This issue of "Transition Summary" contains articles about self-determination and becoming a good self-advocate, with each article reflecting the experience of someone who has grown up with a disability. "The Many Facets of Self-Determination" (Michael Ward) discusses the concept of self-determination; offers an historical perspective of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advocacy, Civil Rights, Decision Making
Philips, Pamela G. – 1992
This paper explores the detrimental effects that assumptions and labels have caused people with mental retardation and examines the concept of changing societal attitudes. The paper points out that: mental retardation has often been regarded not simply as one aspect of a person's life, but as engulfing the person's whole life and becoming that…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Decision Making, Disability Discrimination, Human Services
Nietupski, John; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1986
As participants in a "choice training" program, three moderately/severely handicapped adolescents were reinforced or prompted first to select a leisure activity and then to sustain the activity for gradually longer periods of time with decreasing teacher supervision. Results included sustained activity maintenance from one week to four months…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making, Games
Mason, Christine Y. – 1990
This guide examines the evolution of human services systems toward the recognition that individuals with handicaps can make consumer choices and should be included in decision-making sessions. Consumers with disabilities are seeking empowerment through their presence and participation in political processes and community events. Choices regarding…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
