Community Care and Inclusion

Community Care and Inclusion for People with an Intellectual Disability Community care is a concept which has shaped government policy, provision and practice for people with an intellectual disability for four decades. The essays in this varied collection are multi-disciplinary, to bring the widest perspective to this controversial and elusive yet highly influential concept. They examine the barriers that people with an intellectual disability face, including access to housing, work, healthcare and online resources. They assess the practice of community care, and argue for far-reaching changes to care philosophy and the quality of services. They offer insightful comparative studies from around the world, including from the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, China and Bhutan. Contributors include Robin Dunbar, Robert Cummins, Susan Balandin, Dan McKanan, Bryan Dague, Michael Kendrick, Simon Jarrett, Tho Na Vinh, Birgit Mirfin-Veitch and many more. C O N T E N T S: Chapter Summaries Introduction by Robin Jackson The History of Intellectual Disability: Inclination or Exclusion? Simon Jerrett At Society’s Pleasure: The Rise and Fall of Services to People with an Intellectual Disability Robert Cummins Realities of Social Life and their Implication for Social Inclusion Robin Dunbar Making a Space for the Lost Stories of Inclusion Paul Milner & Brigit Mirfin-Veitch Affordances and Challenges of Virtual Communities for People with an Intellectual Disability Judith Molka-Danielsen & Susan Balandin Social Exclusion of People with an Intellectual Disability: A Psychotherapist’s Perspective Alan Corbett Community Health Care for People with an Intellectual Disability: A Pharmacist’s Perspective Bernadette Flood Citizenship and Community: The Challenge of Camphill Dan McKanan The Widening Impact of an Intentional Supportive Community Diedra Heitzman Re-thinking Work in Relation to Community Inclusion Maria Lyons Employment Services for People with an Intellectual Disability: Building Connections in Vermont Bryan Dague Community Living, Inclusion and Disability in China Chris Walter Gross National Happiness as an Alternative Development Paradigm and Its Relevance for Community Wellbeing Ha Vinh Tho Longing for Virtuous Community Michael Kendrick About the Author Robin Jackson is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire. He recently guest edited the International Journal of Developmental Disabilities on ‘Community inclusion and intellectual disability: meanings, means and myth’ (2015) and is the author Who Cares? The impact of ideology, regulation and marketisation on the quality of life of people with an intellectual disability (Sheffield: The Centre for Welfare Reform, 2015). Maria Lyons is a founder of the Camphill Research Network and the author of Re-thinking community care: the Camphill village model.