Reflections on Social Integration for People with Intellectual Disability: Does Interdependence Have a Role?.

Carnaby, Steven

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Publication Date: 1998

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Reflections on Social Integration for People with Intellectual Disability: Does Interdependence Have a Role?

Carnaby, Steven

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, v23 n3 p219-28 Sep 1998

Reviews the literature on the social integration of people with intellectual disability. Describes a support model in Italy which views self-esteem as resulting from the social integration of service users as a peer group rather than as individuals, while encouraging independence in the form of paid employment. (DB)

Descriptors: Employment, Foreign Countries, Integrated Services, Mental Retardation, Models, Peer Groups, Personal Autonomy, Self Esteem, Social Integration, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Italy

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