Eva Büschi, Gabriela Antener and Anne Parpan-Blaser
This paper aims to provide an overview of the history, current status and future challenges for intellectual disability (ID) policy and practice in Switzerland.
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to provide an overview of the history, current status and future challenges for intellectual disability (ID) policy and practice in Switzerland.
Design/methodology/approach
Following a review of the literature, academics in the field of ID in Switzerland reflect on critical issues.
Findings
The implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has resulted in the move from institutions to more flexible and individualised, community-based support services.
Originality/value
This paper describes a Western-European country facing the challenges of deinstitutionalisation to become an inclusive society due to directions given by the CRPD.