Natural Supports: Who Benefits--"We" or "They?".

Rusch, Frank R.; Hughes, Carolyn

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Publication Date: 1996

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Natural Supports: Who Benefits--"We" or "They?"

Rusch, Frank R.; Hughes, Carolyn

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, v21 n4 p185-88 Win 1996

This commentary on "Natural Supports in the Workplace: The Jury Is Still Out" (Test and Wood), criticizes natural supports as a concept that is premised on the notion that people with disabilities are the only ones who need "support" and perpetuates the notion of control over persons with disabilities. (CR)

Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Decision Making, Helping Relationship, Normalization (Disabilities), Personal Autonomy, Severe Disabilities, Social Bias, Stereotypes, Supported Employment

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Language: English

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