Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 10 Issue 1

Editorial

Jack Tizard ‐ Postscript 2005

The Work of Jack Tizard ‐ I: 1950 to 1964

This article lists the publications of Jack Tizard from 1950 to 1964, with commentary on the development of his interests through that time, and his major contribution to research…

A Turning Point in the Struggle to Replace Institutions

Published in 1969 Changing Patterns in Residential Services for the Mentally Retarded, which reflected important contributions by Jack Tizard, marked a turning point in North…

The Work of Jack Tizard ‐ II: 1965 to 1979

This article lists the publications of Jack Tizard from 1965 to 1979, with commentary on the development of his interests through that time, and his major contribution to research…

Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living: An International Perspective

This paper reviews progress in deinstitutionalisation and community living for people with learning disabilities. The effects of replacing institutional care on residents are…

Valuing People, Not Institutions

I recently experienced an interesting juxtaposition of two meetings. The first, with a self‐advocate‐led organisation, was concerned with helping it to expand and make use of its…

Deinstitutionalisation

Over the last 50 years deinstitutionalisation has dominated the development of social policy for people with learning disabilities in most of the world's richer countries. In this…

Life Without Walls ‐ Stories of Successful Deinstitutionalisation

This collection of stories captures the lives of people whose lives have changed as a consequence of the policy to close long‐stay hospitals. Not everyone lived in a long‐stay…

Models of Community Care in the UK: Past and Present

In this article I will first summarise the model of community care proposed by Jack Tizard more than 40 years ago. I will consider the extent to which this model has been…

Achieving Meaningful Inclusion for People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

The Institution of the Mind ‐ The Final Challenge

Deinstitutionalisation is a phenomenon with extensive practical consequences, as it leads to changes in the lives of people with a disability, their families and staff. It has…