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The author's examination of health related data reveals significant numbers of older people with developmental disabilities who, despite having minimal health problems, have been admitted to nursing homes usually because of a lack of alternative community living options.
Read MoreThe author provides a personal snapshot of living with autism.
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Read MoreThis article highlights and gives examples of thoughtful measures taken by teachers and other school administrators around curriculum adaptation and co-operative/group approaches to learning that mean that integration and inclusion practices actually work. Keyword: Education, School age
Read MoreConference notes from the keynote speech by Professor Gunnar Dybwad, outlining a short list of services for people with intellectual disabilities in the USA. The speaker is a well known human rights advocate and he provides a passionate defence of facilitated communication in the last half of the speech.
Read MoreThe author shows that the links between disability politics and gay pride are strong - the beauty and dignity of difference, the celebration of diversity and the pride in a valued identity.
Read MoreThis is an excellent article on parent advocacy and why it is such a powerful role/task. One of the main sources of this power is anger and using anger as a positive force for change; as one parent says ". .
Read MoreDuring the past 25 years, people with disabilities along with their parents and families have set about to quash all the old stereotypes and images (from tragedy and burden to heroic) that helped cause people to lose their freedom and humanity.
Read MoreWhile this article specifically deals with 'case management' with regards elderly people, it has direct parallels to the 'boom' in case management for people with disabilities.
Read MoreThis article gives a number of reasons why parents are so important for the working and outcomes of an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) (the author specifically discusses this with regard to very young children).
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