Community care and inclusion for people with an intellectual disability / edited by Robin Jackson and Maria Lyons.
By: Jackson, Robin.
Contributor(s): Lyons, Maria [editor.].
Publisher: Edinburgh : Floris Books, 2016Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781782503330.Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | INCLUSION | COMMUNITY SERVICES | HEALTH SERVICES | SUPPORT SERVICES | SOCIAL INTEGRATION | CROSS CULTURAL COMPARISONSGenre/Form: Cross-cultural studies.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | IHC Library | Main Collection | 230 JAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | W008722 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter Summaries. - Introduction. - The history of intellectual disability: inclusion or exclusion? / Simon Jarrett. - At society's pleasure: the rise an fall of services to people with intellectual disability / Robert Cummins. - Realities of social life and their implications for social inclusion / Robin Dunbar. - Making a space for the lost stories of inclusion / Paul Milner & Brigit Mirfin-Veitch. - Affordances and challenges of virtual communities for people with intellectual disability / Judith Molka-Danielsen & Susan Balandin. - Social exclusion of people with an intellectual disability : a psychotherapist's perspective ? Alan Corbett. - Community health care for people with an intellectual disability: a pharmacist's perspective / Bernadette Flood. - Citizenship and community: the challenge of Camphill / Dan McKanan. - The widening impact of an intentional supportive community / Diedra Heitzman. - Re-thinking work in relation to community inclusion / Maria Lyons. - Employment services for people with an intellectual disability: building connections in Vermont / Bryan Dague. - Community living, inclusion and disability in China / Chris Walter. - Gross national happiness as an alternative development paradigm, and its relevance for community wellbeing / Ha Vinh Tho. - Longing for virtuous community / Michael Kendrick.
"A collection of essays examining barriers faced by people with intellectual disabilities. Offers insightful comparative studies from around the world. For anyone with a professional or personal interest in the development of person-centered services for people with an intellectual disability. A critical overview of the policy of community care for people with special needs." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
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