Community Attitudes toward Community Placement of Mentally Retarded Persons

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter explores the possibility of vociferous community members irrationally attacking proposals for humane, normal appearing residences retarded persons in their neighborhood, thereby driving these unhappy back to bedlam like state hospitals. The attitudes toward placement mentally appear be based on a core set assumptions. First, it is assumed that most appropriate residential generally community, which professionals suggests home and neighborhood much place they choose live. A second assumption large, isolated institutions result hostile same are major source problems have arisen trying establish small “community facilities” (CRFs) persons. Third, resistance irrational unrealistic if only knew truth about CRFs, would supportive. Finally, verbally expressed relate overt behavior, example, CRFs.