Emancipation and self-determination of people with learning disabilities and down-sizing institutional care
By: Van Loon, Jos.
Contributor(s): Van Hove, Geert.
Series: Disability & Society 16 (2) 2001: 233-254.Publisher: 2001Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
| SELF ADVOCACY | FREEDOM OF CHOICE | INCLUSION | SERVICES | DEINSTITUTIONALISATION | THE NETHERLANDSSummary: In Arduin, an organisation for services to people with learning disabilities in the Netherlands, the emancipation and self-determination of people with learning disabilities has been positively adopted as fundamental in order to secure the best possible quality of life of the clients. The client is being encouraged in several ways in a development from a position of dependence towards self-determination. In this article the background and developments in perception are being outlined and those dimensions in quality of life are elaborated that are seen as most essential in the innovation: inclusion, self-determination and personal development. The choices that were made as a consequence in Arduin and, most fundamental, the choice to dismantle the institution are described. [AJ].
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In Arduin, an organisation for services to people with learning disabilities in the Netherlands, the emancipation and self-determination of people with learning disabilities has been positively adopted as fundamental in order to secure the best possible quality of life of the clients. The client is being encouraged in several ways in a development from a position of dependence towards self-determination. In this article the background and developments in perception are being outlined and those dimensions in quality of life are elaborated that are seen as most essential in the innovation: inclusion, self-determination and personal development. The choices that were made as a consequence in Arduin and, most fundamental, the choice to dismantle the institution are described. [AJ].
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