Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947–1996 : Towards A Full Life?

Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947–1996 : Towards A Full Life?

Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947-1996 explores the varied experiences of the intellectually disabled during the latter half of the mid-twentieth century in Ireland. Addressing the evolution of disability policies and provision, it shows how a range of different actors became engaged in shap...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kilgannon, David, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press 2023
2023.
Subjects:
People with mental disabilities.
Intellectual disability.
twentieth-century Ireland
disability histories
statutory policy
social change
medical history
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009770695406719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Changing Times? Legislative Reform, 1947-65
  • Institutional Accommodation, 1947-65
  • 'Special' Education, 1947-84
  • Life in the Neighbourhood: Community Housing, 1965-84
  • No Longer Acceptable? Institutional Accommodation, 1965-84
  • The Opportunity to Work: Occupational Training, 1962-84
  • 'A strategy for equality': Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947-96.

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