Deinstitutionalization and people with intellectual disabilities : in and out of institutions /

"This international collection of personal and professional perspectives takes a fresh look at deinstitutionalization. It addresses the key steps towards deinstitutionalization as they have been experienced by people with intellectual disabilities: living inside total institutions, moving out,...

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Other Authors: Johnson, Kelley, 1947-, Rannveig Traustadóttir, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, In and out of institutions / Rannveig Traustadóttir and Kelley Johnson
  • Sixty years in the institution / Thomas F. Allen with Rannveig Traustadóttir and Lisa Spina
  • Institutionalization : a historical perspective / Jan Walmsley
  • Containing uncontainable women / Kelley Johnson
  • Institutional death : the coronial inquest into the deaths of nine men with intellectual disabilities / Ian Freckelton
  • I've been in hospital all my life / Avis Hunter with Brigit Mirfin-Veitch
  • Institutions are dying, but are not dead yet / Steven J. Taylor
  • It's never too late / Thomas F. Allen with Rannveig Traustadóttir and Lisa Spina
  • Impact of policy tensions and organizational demands on the process of moving out of an institution / Christine Bigby
  • Cost of moving out / Ingiborg Eide Geirsdóttir with Gudrun V. Stefánsdóttir
  • Rowan's choices / Ethel M. Temby
  • Moving out : a reflection / Kelley Johnson
  • In the community / Thomas F. Allen with Rannveig Traustadóttir and Lisa Spina
  • 'I've got my freedom now' : memories of transitions into and out of institutions, 1932 to the present day / Victor Hall with Sheena Rolph
  • 'Gone fishin" : from institutional outing to real life / Emil Johansen with Kristjana Kristiansen
  • 'Lady of the well' : memories of Vicki / Jen Devers
  • Reflections on living outside : continuity and change in the life of 'outsiders' / Jan Tøssebro
  • New life / Thomas F. Allen with Rannveig Traustadóttir and Lisa Spina
  • Conquering life : the experiences of the first integrated generation / Magnus Tideman
  • New forms of institutionalization in the community / Julian Gardner and Louise Glanville
  • Returning to one's roots : Haki Titori's story / Patricia O'Brien
  • Becoming contractual : the development of contracts and social care markets in England / Paul Cambridge
  • Dignity of risk : my son's home and adult life / Dóra S. Bjarnason
  • Out of the institution trap / John O'Brien
  • Epilogue to Thomas F. Allen's life story / Rannveig Traustadóttir and Lisa Spina.