Community Living and Inclusion for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

• By: Karen Parenti, MS, PsyD Krystina Cassidy, MS Ed Kimberly Duhanyan, MEd, BCBA, LABA Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D Melmark
• March 26th, 2021
• activities, community living, inclusion, independence, integration, quality of life, self-determination, Spring 2021 Issue
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It was not long ago that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were cared for in settings quite separate and isolated and were deprived of full integration into their communities. Thankfully, in recent decades, the entitlement to community living and learning opportunities...