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Clinical assessment of psychiatric symptoms in mentally retarded individuals

This is a medical model psychology article which very clearly and humanely points out major areas of neglect in mental health care for people with intellectual disability. Keyword: Health

Community workshops challenge traditional approaches

This article describes workshops for professionals, advocates (self and otherwise) and family members held across the Canadian province of British Colombia who were dedicated to the vision of extending "ordinary considerations" for people with disabilities in the community (if the goal is to lead ordinary lives).

Ensuring Excellence

Errol Cocks explores theories around the workings of bureaucracy and service provision in the lives of people with disabilities, arguing that services cannot by themselves ensure excellence in the lives of people with disabilities.

Does she boil eggs? Towards a feminist model of disability

"Even if we can't lift an egg (it is assumed that) we can boil an egg". This quote is used to encapsulate the discrimination which women with disabilities experience as both people with physical and intellectual disabilities and as women.

When words get in the way: has terminology gone too far?

This is an article which discusses the negative effects of politically correct language; that it can end up obscuring a person's condition, that it can conceal the reality of disability, and most importantly it trivialises the argument that appropriate terminology is extremely important in helping to shape attitudes and promote...

Ethical guidelines for professionals in supported employment

This is an excellent list of guidelines both trainers of staff and staff themselves involved in supported employment need to follow if they are to positively impact on the emergence of inclusive communities.

What Inclusion Means to Children.....

A set of 6 overhead type sheets stating clearly the benefits of inclusion for children, what inclusion means to both children and parents and how families and schools can support inclusion.

RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) Integration; Towards a National Perspective

This conference provided the first opportunity for senior policy makers in each of Australia's States and Territories working in the field of school integration to come together to discuss current and future directions of education policy.

Nobody's Perfect: Living and Growing with Children who have Special Needs

A comprehensive text addressing a wide range of issues facing the family which has a child with a disability. The text came out of the author's professional experience at working with mothers and their children with disabilities - the material is based on these women's experiences.

Achieving the Complete School: Strategies for Effective Mainstreaming

This book examines principles and strategies for use in achieving the successful mainstreaming (this book published in 1985 and since then the word 'mainstreaming' has been replaced by the phrase 'inclusive education') of students.

Ordinary Lives