This report provides an account of how New South Wales and Victoria have gone about establishing large-scale strategies for deinstitutionalisation of people with learning difficulties and the governmental leadership this has required. The analysis of the Australian experience draws attention to the magnitude of the social changes implied by these ...
This is the third paper by the authors on managing the relocation of psychiatric services from large institutions to new patterns of local provision. It offers a summary of their current thinking about the characteristics of an assessment and resettlement model which would be compatible with the wider planning issues ...
TASH is the Association for the Severely Handicapped in the U.S.A. The aim of their 8th annual conference was to think about how everyone, including those with the most severe handicaps, can be fully involved in life in the community. Three main themes were dealt with at the conference: the ...