Outside Looking In? Studies of the Community Integration of People with Learning Disabilities

Myers, Fiona A.; Ager, Alastair; Kerr, Patricia; Myles, Susan

doi:10.1080/09687599826704

Cited by 92 publications

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“…As Medicaid HCBS waivers are increasingly being used to support community LTSS states must ensure these waivers are being utilized to fund community needs that are important and relevant to people with IDD. For example, adults with IDD in Myers, Ager, Kerr, and Myles' (1998) study noted the importance of having access to a telephone to keep in contact with their family and friends; in our study we found many waivers allowed community transition services to be used to set-up telephones.…”

Section: Implications For Practice and Policy In Promoting Inclusionmentioning

confidence: 71%

Getting Out There: Community Support Services for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid HCBS Waivers

Friedman

Spassiani

2017

Inclusion

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Despite an increased number of community-based services, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) continue to struggle with meaningful community participation and often feel they are not valued community members. This study examined how community support services, which support physical placement and community integration, were allocated in Medicaid 1915(c) HCBS waivers, the largest provider of long-term services and supports for people with IDD in the United States. Community support services totaled $447.5 million of projected funding in fiscal year 2014. While community transition services funded expenses required to establish a basic household for the initial transition, community integration services promoted a successful community placement by utilizing natural supports and developing skills necessary to maintain community integration.

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Section: Implications For Practice and Policy In Promoting Inclusionmentioning

confidence: 71%

Getting Out There: Community Support Services for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid HCBS Waivers

Friedman

Spassiani

2017

Inclusion

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“…Instead of changing the perception on the worth of human being and valorising persons with intellectual disabilities for what they are, the society tried to make them comply to prescribed societal norms and values and to 'fit them into existing structures' (Amado, 1988, quoted in Chappell, 1992. By focusing on providing the pre-conditions for enabling an individual to cope with the demands of everyday living, the principle of normalisation overlooked the causes of devaluation making the notion of the `normative' a desirable goal and a measure of achievement (Myers, Ager, Kerr & Myles, 1998). Thus, the normalization attempt produced adverse outcomes: women with intellectual disabilities were devalued, as they could not fit into structured normative schemes.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The normal living conditions include interaction with others, family, peers, neighbours, and friends (Wolfensberger, 1972). However, evidence has suggested that there exists a lack of awareness and preparedness to engage with persons with intellectual disabilities as consumers, neighbours, or as possible friends (Myers et al, 1998). Understandably, the long absence of people with intellectual disabilities in community has increased the wariness of neighbourhoods on the presence of them and sometime has nourished hostile behaviour towards them.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Denied Inclusion for Prejudiced Women

Poni

2014

AJISS

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“…It seems that people with learning disabilities living in community settings participate more than people living in segregated setting; however, the level of participation is still much lower than in other marginalized groups [17,[26][27]. For social inclusion to occur, consideration must be taken of the attitudes of those in communities towards people with learning disabilities.…”

Section: Social Inclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Community Attitudes to People with Learning Disabilities: Using a Micro-Neighbourhood Design

Denny¹,

Denieffe²,

Pajnkihar³

2017

Learning Disabilities - An International Perspective

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People with learning disabilities living in the community strive for meaningful social inclusion and integration. The attitudes of society to such individuals living in communities continues to be the catalyst that will enable them to achieve genuine social inclusion and integration. Identified barriers to social inclusion are a lack of change in societal attitudes towards people with learning disabilities. People with learning disabilities should live in a socially, not just functionally, integrated manner in community settings. Hence, attitudes of the community are extremely influential in achieving social integration and inclusion. It is important therefore to plan how best to capture attitudes in fact. An exemplar of a completed comparative study in Ireland, which used a micro-neighbourhood design combined with a random survey, illustrates how attitudes can be researched effectively. Study findings show that while attitudes were generally positive towards people with learning disabilities, there was no evidence of social integration, only functional integration. These findings reflect the challenges of achieving authentic social inclusion and integration and warrant further exploration by government agencies and service providers for people with learning disabilities. The study design outlined can contribute to gaining a true insight of societal attitudes.

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Outside Looking In? Studies of the Community Integration of People with Learning Disabilities

Cited by 92 publications

References 28 publications

Getting Out There: Community Support Services for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid HCBS Waivers

Getting Out There: Community Support Services for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Medicaid HCBS Waivers

Denied Inclusion for Prejudiced Women

Exploring Community Attitudes to People with Learning Disabilities: Using a Micro-Neighbourhood Design

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