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Peer reviewedDossa, Parin A. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1989
This critical literature review shows that studies of quality of life (QOL) for persons with disabilities follow a sharp dichotomy between subjective and objective approaches, whereas the phenomenon of QOL calls for a holistic approach. QOL is examined in terms of dynamic integration of the individual into the society. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Holistic Approach, Individualism, Quality of Life
Ethnography as Narrative Discourse: Community Integration of People with Developmental Disabilities.
Peer reviewedDossa, Parin A. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1992
This analysis examines integration of people with developmental disabilities in terms of an ethnography which contrasts an old narrative based on segregation and a confined form of space and time with a new narrative of interdependence achieved through a cyclical form of space and time. This new narrative requires the accommodation of differences…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developmental Disabilities, Ethnography, Models
