Breaking out of a distinct social space : reflections on supporting community participation for people with severe and profound intellectual disability
By: Clement, Tim.
Contributor(s): Bigby, Christine.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 22 (3) 2009: 264-275.Publisher: 2009Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (PIMD)
| COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT | INCLUSION | SOCIAL NETWORKS | AUSTRALIASummary: Points out that typically people with intellectual disability have small, highly restricted social networks characterized by interactions with other people with intellectual disabilities, family members, and paid workers. Notes also that though the goal of 'inclusion' has been central to policies that have shaped services over the past 30 years it is an ill defined concept with disagreement about its meaning, the problems it seeks to overcome and how it should be realized. Describes how Method Ethnographic and action research methods were used to support and collect data on the implementation of a programme, known as the Community Inclusion Framework, in a group home for five adults with severe intellectual disabilities in Victoria, Australia.
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Points out that typically people with intellectual disability have small, highly restricted social networks characterized by interactions with other people with intellectual disabilities, family members, and paid workers. Notes also that though the goal of 'inclusion' has been central to policies that have shaped services over the past 30 years it is an ill defined concept with disagreement about its meaning, the problems it seeks to overcome and how it should be realized. Describes how Method Ethnographic and action research methods were used to support and collect data on the implementation of a programme, known as the Community Inclusion Framework, in a group home for five adults with severe intellectual disabilities in Victoria, Australia.
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