02973nam 22005295u 450 991074558300332120240604171411.01-83764-456-X10.3828/9781837644414(CKB)4970000000226697(Liverpool University Press)10.3828/9781837644414(NjHacI)994970000000226697(EXLCZ)99497000000022669720231212c2023uuuu -u- -engurnn#008mam|atxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIntellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947–1996 : Towards A Full Life?Liverpool University Press2023Liverpool :Liverpool University Press,2023.1 online resource (264 p.;)1-83764-441-1 Introduction -- Changing Times? Legislative Reform, 1947-65 -- Institutional Accommodation, 1947-65 -- 'Special' Education, 1947-84 -- Life in the Neighbourhood: Community Housing, 1965-84 -- No Longer Acceptable? Institutional Accommodation, 1965-84 -- The Opportunity to Work: Occupational Training, 1962-84 -- 'A strategy for equality': Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947-96.Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947-1996 explores the varied experiences of the intellectually disabled during the latter half of the mid-twentieth century in Ireland. Addressing the evolution of disability policies and provision, it shows how a range of different actors became engaged in shaping the disability services landscape during this period. Drawing on a variety of sources, from government memoranda to RTE´ television programmes, David Kilgannon traces the development of disability services on paper and in reality. This narrative is marked by instances of both striking transformation and significant continuity, as the emergence of new policy thinking occurred in tandem with the consolidation of established approaches. The book describes not only how services changed but why, offering a unique perspective on the evolution of Irish social policy in the post-war years.Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947–1996Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947–1996People with mental disabilitiesIntellectual disabilityIntellectual disabilitytwentieth-century Irelanddisability historiesstatutory policysocial changemedical historyPeople with mental disabilities.Intellectual disability.Intellectual disability.616.8588Kilgannon David1453038NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910745583003321Intellectual Disability and Ireland, 1947–1996 : Towards A Full Life3655496UNINA