Intellectual Disability: Social Approaches

Based on the author's own experience from over 30 years in the field, this thought-provoking book offers a comparative study of services for people with intellectual disabilities in 7 countries.This book has an unusual format, and its intentions and underlying constructions are stimulating.br. This is a critical text that should be required reading for all students of health, disability, social medicine, therapy and nursing programmes. At the price, currently 19.99, it represents excellent value for money and is affordable for individual students to purchase.br. Learning Disability Practicep. . This could have been a triumphant book; instead it is a sober one, and far more useful for it Based on an around-the-world tour of countries where the concepts of normalization and Social Role Valorization have been influential, the book offers a comparative account of the ways these ideas have worked out in seven different national contexts more than thirty years after their introduction.br. From the Foreword by John OBrien, The Centre on Human Policy, Syracuse University, USA p. . In addition to its useful comparative approach this text demystifies and clarifies a number of complex issues.br. Iain Carson, University of Manchester, UK p. . How do services in different countries vary across the lifespan?. What lessons can the different countries learn from one another?. . Based on the authors own experience from over thirty years in the field, this thought-provoking book offers a comparative study of services for people with intellectual disabilities in seven countries: England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the USA. Through the authors discussions with people with intellectual disabilities, parents and families, and those involved with services at a professional and academic level, the book provides a critical reflection on intellectualdisability services across the lifespan.p. . Each chapter contains the following key features: