I thought this was a nice summation of arguments against keeping disabled people locked up in institutions
The Community Imperative
1979
A Refutation of All Arguments
in Support of Institutionalizing Anybody
Because of Mental Retardation
In the domain of Human Rights:
- All people have fundamental moral and constitutional rights;
- These rights must not be abrogated merely because a person has a mental or physical disability.
- Among these fundamental rights is the right to community living.
In the domain of Educational Programming and Human Services:
- All people, as human beings, are inherently valuable;
- All people can grow and develop;
- All people are entitled to conditions which foster their development;
Such conditions are optimally provided in community settings.
Therefore:
In fulfillment of fundamental human rights and in securing optimum developmental opportunities, all people, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, are entitled to community living.
(The Community Imperative declaration, the Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University, 1979)
and where did this position statement lead to?
ReplyDeleteDaca il cauti pe google gasesti mai multe amannunte. Eu l-am gasit intr-o lucrare de specialitate, fiind citat ca proba ca dezinstitutionalizarea este un trend dominant in societatile occidentale. Are o istorie mai complicata, ai sa vezi - a fost elaborat prima oara prin anii 70 si a
ReplyDeletefost semnat de multe personaligtati si organizatii, pentru a fi revigorat prin 2001, cand sustinatorii institutiilor au inceput din nou sa faca galagie.
poate faptul ca lasasem o intrebare atat de succinta i-a denaturat sensul... ceea ce voiam, de fapt, sa intreb era in ce masura un statement poate schimba atitudinile sociale ale comunitatilor in care se doreste integrarea? a existat un follow up? un policy? campanie de constientizare? ceva?
ReplyDeleteBuna Teo. Cand am publicat postul nu m-a interesat neaparat ce s-a intamplat in State ca urmare a statementul-ui (desi am impresia ca a fost foarte eficient ca advocacy statement). Mai degraba am apreciat forma sintetica si abordabila in care sunt exprimate niste idei complicate in sine. Daca aceste idei sunt un loc comun in State si aiurea, in coltul nostru de lume ele par revolutionare.
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