The Benefits and Challenges of Housing for People with ASD in a Post-Facility World

• By: John Maltby, MS Westchester Institute for Human Development
• July 1st, 2013
• group homes, inclusion, independence, reform
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Group Homes, a housing model that began in the 1960s and ‘70s, were a tremendous improvement on the dismal institutional settings that they largely superseded. Created by a partnership between the state and “voluntary” agencies, the goal of the group home model was that people with autism and...