How Self-Determined Are People with Mental Retardation? The National Consumer Survey.

Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Metzler, Christina A.

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ERIC Number: EJ503000

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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How Self-Determined Are People with Mental Retardation? The National Consumer Survey.

Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Metzler, Christina A.

Mental Retardation, v33 n2 p111-19 Apr 1995

This article examines the importance of self-determination for all people. A national survey of 4,544 adults with mental retardation concerning how independent, integrated, and productive they perceived themselves to be and how important each of these outcomes was to them revealed that people with mental retardation are not likely to be self-determining. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Independent Living, Mental Retardation, National Surveys, Normalization (Disabilities), Personal Autonomy, Productivity, Self Determination, Social Integration

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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