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Choice, Preference, and Disability: Promoting Self-Determination Across the Lifespan

Choice, Preference, and Disability: Promoting Self-Determination Across the Lifespan

Hardcover

Series: Positive Psychology and Disability

Medical ReferenceGeneral PsychologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 3030356825
ISBN13: 9783030356828
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Apr 18 2020
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.58
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines choice and preference in the lives of people with disability, focusing on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It provides an overview of choice and examines foundational concepts related to choice and preference, including self-determination and supported decision making. Chapters examine a range of critical service and policy issues, such as guardianship, individualized funding, the health care system, and the situation regarding choices for people with disability in international contexts. In addition, chapters explore issues ranging from the development of preference and choice in childhood to choices in older age and end of life matters. It provides in-depth analysis of particular choices faced at different points across the lifespan. The book concludes with implications for policy and practice.

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