Title: Intellectual disability : social approaches /
Authors: Race, D. G.
Publisher: Open University Press, McGraw Hill Education,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Learning disabled Services for Cross-cultural studies.; People with mental disabilities Services for Cross-cultural studies.; Social service Cross-cultural studies.
Abstract: "Based on the author's own experience from over thirty years in the field, this thought-provoking book offers a comparative study of services for people with intellectual disabilities in seven countries: England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the USA. Through the author's discussions with people with intellectual disabilities, parents and families, and those involved with services at a professional and academic level, the book provides a critical reflection on intellectual disability services across the lifespan." "Intellectual Disability is key reading for students of social work, learning disability nursing, social policy and community work, as well as those training to work with people with intellectual disabilities in health and social care services. Because of its unique approach, however, it is as relevant to families of people with intellectual disabilities as it is to professionally qualified practitioners and policymakers."--Jacket.