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Beyond Normalization: Social Role Valorisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Michael Steer
Michael Steer*
Affiliation:
Policy and Program Office of Intellectual Disability Services Community Services Victoria
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Abstract

In 1972, Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, a renowned American social scientist produced his classic work The principle of normalisation in human services. The principle has become a cornerstone of Government funded services to intellectually disabled children in Victoria. This article presents developments in Wolfensberger's most recent thoughts on normalisation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , 1987 , pp. 6 - 7
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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