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Peer reviewedRock, Patricia J. – Disability, Handicap and Society, 1988
The study compared attitudes toward independence of six disabled (all physically disabled and three with additional intellectual impairments) British adults, all of whom had lived in both institutional care and in the community. Interviewees all felt positively about the independence of community living. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Satisfaction, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDeshen, S.; Deshen, H. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
Case material from an anthropological field study of 57 blind adults in Tel-Aviv is used to illustrate the contradictions that blind Israelis face in the current transitional period from traditional segregation and dependent roles to an indeterminate type of integration and independence. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Blindness, Disability Discrimination
Peer reviewedBooth, Tim; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1991
Evaluation of effects of moving mentally disabled individuals from a British National Health Service hospital into community group homes found much overlap between the institutions' caring routines and practices with the community hostel setting, providing only slightly more opportunities for personal choice, privacy, personalization, integration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Foreign Countries, Group Homes
Institutional Reform--Prerequisites for Providing a Life of Quality for Mentally Retarded Residents.
Peer reviewedReiter, Shunit – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This paper describes institutional reforms implemented at Kfar Tikvah, an Israeli community for 126 moderately mentally retarded individuals. The process of changing to the organizational structure used in the kibbutz system is examined through descriptions of reforms in everyday life, social life, and work and economic independence. (JDD)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Employment, Foreign Countries
Download full textSchalock, Robert L.; And Others – 1990
The study obtained cross-cultural measures of quality of life (QOL), based upon perceptions of individuals with mental retardation/developmental disabilities (MR/DD) of their degree of satisfaction, productivity, independence, and community integration. The Quality of Life Questionnaire was administered to 92 persons in MR/DD programs in…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Cultural Studies, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Fish, John – 1990
This document describes and discusses aspects of the transition to adult life for people with disabilities in Great Britain and sets it in an international context. The first three sections describe the transition process, the difficulties of implementing a framework for transition, and the aims of the transition process. The aims are the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Neilson Associates Pty. Ltd., Melbourne (Australia). – 1988
This report recommends a 10-year plan for changes in services to people with intellectual disabilities in Victoria, Australia. Intended key outcomes of the plan include: increases in the numbers of clients receiving direct residential support in community-based accommodations; reductions in numbers of adult clients resident in large scale…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adult Day Care, Community Programs, Community Resources
