Looking cross-culturally at the systems of care for the developmentally disabled
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Authors
Hirth, Kristin W.
Issue Date
2004
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
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Abstract
•Developmentally disabled people have an important place in our
society as friends, family members, volunteers and co-workers.
•We see and interact more with disabled people in public, on the
streets, at the movies and in the grocery stores.
•People are realizing the care a developmentally disabled person
receives and their quality of life is equally as important as their own
lives.
•Good quality services offer more possibilities for people that are
developmentally disabled to work, volunteer and be productive as
integrated members of the society.
•The systems of care in the U.S. and in South Africa, Botswana
and China were looked at in this study. It is no surprise that the
attitude and the types of care reflect the culture of the country.