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Direct linkYoung, Louise; Ashman, Adrian F. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
A deinstitutionalization research project in which residents from the largest institution in Queensland, Australia, were relocated after a government decision to close the center was described. Outcomes of relocation into community living for adults with severe mental retardation, many of whom were older (over 40 years) and had been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Normalization (Disabilities), Relocation, Quality of Life
