A Study of Post‐Institutionalized Men With Severe Intellectual Disabilities and Challenging Behavior

摘要: The closure of the old “mental handicap” hospitals in UK has opened up opportunities to improve lives institutionalized people moving campus group homes, and other homes community. To examine aftereffects moves from institutions small among adults with challenging behaviors, authors undertook a study designed help understand post-deinstitutionalization experiences needs 20 men severe intellectual disabilities behaviors who previously resided hospital's “locked ward.” Ethnographic methods were used, involving participant observation original residence and, later, their new homes. It was found that men's had improved material terms after taking but there limitations on significant changes lives. still experienced social exclusion denial individual identity autonomy, appeared be few fundamental professional attitudes toward them. Despite wide acknowledgment unacceptable treatment living institutions, conclude is evidence human civil rights some continue ignored even entry back into