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Peer reviewedSchopler, Eric; Hennike, Michael J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
The history of residential care for persons with autism and other developmental disabilities is summarized for the past 200 years. Residential trends toward community integration in the past three decades are traced for autism in general and for the Murdoch Center in North Carolina. Possible negative side effects of current trends are identified.…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, History, Normalization (Handicapped)
