Deinstitutionalisation in Australia Part I: Historical Perspective

Based on the principle of normalisation, deinstitutionalisation has dominated the development of services for people with intellectual disability in many western countries. In Australia, large scale deinstitutionalisation began about 20 years later than similar movements in North America and Europe....

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Published in:The British journal of developmental disabilities 2004-01, Vol.50 (98), p.21-28
Main Authors: Young, Louise, Ashman, Adrian F.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Australia
Deinstitutionalization
History
Learning disabled people
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Summary:Based on the principle of normalisation, deinstitutionalisation has dominated the development of services for people with intellectual disability in many western countries. In Australia, large scale deinstitutionalisation began about 20 years later than similar movements in North America and Europe. It involved residential relocation of people with intellectual disability into geographically dispersed group houses with 5 or fewer residents serviced by community support staff. Discusses results from deinstitutionalisation research highlighting specific changes that have occurred in the areas of adaptive and maladaptive behaviour, choice-making, quality of life issues and longitudinal outcomes. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0969-7950
2058-0959
DOI:10.1179/096979504799104029