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

• VerfasserIn: Kilgannon, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Liverpool : : Liverpool University Press,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.;)

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...

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.