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Social integration of adults with intellectual disabilities in Georgia: lessons from Poland and the USA
- Author:
- MAKHARADZE Tamar
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 53(1), January 2010, pp.47-59.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article discusses ways of facilitating social integration for adults with intellectual disabilities in Georgia, by considering experiences from Poland and the USA. Poland has seen recent positive changes and the USA has well-developed policies in this field. What can Georgia learn from the experiences of these countries?
Community-based day-care services for people with intellectual disabilities in Georgia: a step towards their social integration
- Authors:
- MAKHARADZE Tamar, KITIASHVILI Anastasia, BRICOUT John C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 14(4), December 2010, pp.289-301.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
The study explores the impact of community-based day-care services on users’ social-adaptive skills, social life and sense of happiness, comparing service users and a matched comparison group. It focuses on the role of community-based day-care services in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities in the Republic of Georgia. Participants included 80 adults, aged 18 to 45 years, with mild intellectual disabilities of middle socio-economic status. A mixed-methods approach was used to assess the influence of day-care-centre services on social adaptation and integration. Findings revealed the level of social-adaptive skills was higher for day-care-centre participants than for the comparison group along several key dimensions. Similarly, the level of social integration was higher for the day-care-centre group, although the two groups did not differ significantly on reported happiness. In conclusion, this study highlighted the fact that day-care-centre users with intellectual disabilities enjoyed a greater degree of social interaction and socialising opportunities than the comparison group.