Advocates and Adults with Developmental Disabilities: Shared and Unshared Perceptions of Self-Determination Opportunity and Impact.

Nowak, Renee; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ514784

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Advocates and Adults with Developmental Disabilities: Shared and Unshared Perceptions of Self-Determination Opportunity and Impact.

Nowak, Renee; And Others

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, v5 n4 p307-17 Oct 1995

Responses to interview questions regarding self-determination opportunities, outcomes, and importance were compared across 21 adults with developmental disabilities and 20 advocates. Self-determination skills in the areas of problem solving, assertiveness, decision making, and goal setting were also addressed. Areas of agreement and disagreement between advocates and adults with developmental disabilities are noted. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Assertiveness, Attitudes, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making, Developmental Disabilities, Goal Orientation, Personal Autonomy, Problem Solving, Self Determination

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue: Self Determination. Journal availability: Elsevier Science Inc., Journal Information Center, 655 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10010.