Social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities in seven European countries

Advancing social inclusion in the neighbourhood for people with intellectual disabilities: an exploration of the literature

Health indicators for people with intellectual disabilities: a European perspective.

People with intellectual disabilities make up about 1% of the population of Europe. As trends toward community life advance, they have become more visible and more likely to access generic health systems. Yet evidence suggests that there are striking disparities between the health of this group and that of the general population. Increased longevity means that adults in this group expect to liv...

Defining social inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: an ecological model of social networks and community participation.

Social inclusion is an important goal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, families, service providers, and policymakers; however, the concept of social inclusion remains unclear, largely due to multiple and conflicting definitions in research and policy. We define social inclusion as the interaction between two major life domains: interpersonal relationships and communi...

Mortality in People with Intellectual Disabilities.

This paper reviews why an understanding of mortality data in general, and in relation to people with intellectual disabilities in particular, is an important area of concern, and introduces the papers in this Special Edition.

Variations in the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in supported living schemes and residential settings.

BACKGROUND The social inclusion of tenants living in two forms of supported living schemes - those clustered on one site and those dispersed in neighbourhoods - is contrasted with more traditional provision found on the island of Ireland, namely, small group homes, residential homes and campus-style settings. METHODS A standard pro forma based on measures used in past research was completed b...