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Learning for life
- Author:
- DOBSON Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.6.95, 1995, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a scheme in Gwent to integrate children with autism. The method used is based on the Scandinavian principle of life-long rights for people with disabilities.
Deinstitutionalisation in Britain, Scandinavia and the USA
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, ERICSSON Kent
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 1(1), January 1996, pp.44-46.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Despite many differences between policy and services in Scandinavia, the United States (USA) and Britain, deinstitutionalisation for people of all levels of disability and the closure of institutions really only started on a large scale in the 1980s. The article address the question of why.