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…
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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 also extensive theoretical consequences for disability services, as new models are needed when forming alternative services to those offered by the institution. During a deinstitutionalisation project (Ericsson, 2002) practical as well as theoretical problems were faced. One of the unexpected phenomena we met with came to be termed ‘the institution of the mind’.
This article illustrates the Swedish experiences of working with people with intellectual disabilities and their support. During the last three decades in Sweden residential…
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This article illustrates the Swedish experiences of working with people with intellectual disabilities and their support. During the last three decades in Sweden residential institutions have been dissolved and community‐based services have been developed. People's lives have changed dramatically. The beginning of this development was marked by the implementation of a new socio‐political idea: the normalisation principle, which was introduced in 1946. The realisation of this principle through four Acts of Parliament goes along with a shift between the institutional and the community‐based traditions of support, with deinstitutionalisation as the logical consequence for development. Nowadays, people with disabilities in Sweden are well aware of their right to participate in community life. They are encouraged to use services offered to the general public, which therefore need to be made available for everybody, while special services become supplementary.
People with learning disabilities are one of the most marginalised groups in European society, rarely recognised as full citizens with equal rights. The European action research…
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People with learning disabilities are one of the most marginalised groups in European society, rarely recognised as full citizens with equal rights. The European action research programme STEPS focuses on structures, instruments and methods to combat discrimination against people with learning disabilities and aims at full participation and free access to material, cultural and social resources. Partnerships between providers, social welfare administrations, universities and groups of people with learning disabilities in five European countries are defining the project. From England, the Tizard Centre, Parkside NHS Trust, and Kensington and Chelsea Social Services are partner members in the network, and the overall project is financed by the EU community action programme to combat discrimination.
This paper reviews progress in deinstitutionalisation and community living for people with learning disabilities. The effects of replacing institutional care on residents are…
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This paper reviews progress in deinstitutionalisation and community living for people with learning disabilities. The effects of replacing institutional care on residents are summarised and some emerging problems identified.
This paper reviews progress in deinstitutionalisation and community living for people with learning disabilities. The effects of replacing institutional care on residents are…
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This paper reviews progress in deinstitutionalisation and community living for people with learning disabilities. The effects of replacing institutional care on residents are summarised and some emerging problems identified.
Walter G. Hertlein, Kent Törnkvist and Kevin Smith
The ever‐increasing miniaturization and integration of additional functions in the electronics industry – in particular in the next generation telecomm technologies – needs a…
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The ever‐increasing miniaturization and integration of additional functions in the electronics industry – in particular in the next generation telecomm technologies – needs a paradigm shift in manufacturing technologies in order to achieve the results along the roadmaps of the industry. Handling of thin substrates, doing finest line circuitry, working on non‐flat surfaces and having to protect metallized holes during etching processes, are asking for conformal resist coatings. Electrophoretically deposited positive working photo resists encompass these requirements. The principles of electrophoretic photo resists, the necessary equipment, the cooperation between customer, the supplier of process chemistry and the supplier of the equipment to start such a complex project, and start‐up results of the new major production line for ED‐resist in Europe are discussed.
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Not infrequently over the past few years it has been brought to Circuit World's attention that a multilayer production facility well worth a visit is the LM Ericsson plant at…
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Not infrequently over the past few years it has been brought to Circuit World's attention that a multilayer production facility well worth a visit is the LM Ericsson plant at Ingelsta on the outskirts of Norrköping some 150 kilometres south of Stockholm, the major location of this, the largest electronics corporation in Sweden. The widely acclaimed reputation of the plant derives from its extremely high level of automation by European standards. Discussion with Dr Norman Nichols, recently appointed Director and General Manager at Ingelsta in February of this year, revealed, however, that it is not only the automation aspect which lends this production facility its uniqueness, but also an overriding concern for the human factor. Clearly, here, automation has not meant merely the introduction of programmed robots, with an associated dehumanising effect on the workforce.