What we know about the
deinstitutionalization process is that it allowed people the chance to function
in society and to have opportunities that all of us have. The life of a person
living in an institution is one that is controlled and offers no support for
their goals, dreams, or a future (Capie, 2007). There is a current debate
between the use of institution and a person with a disability’s life in the
‘community’. It is debated and thought that community still refers to a
institution and is a means to justify the poor decisions in policy that has
been made towards individuals with disabilities (Capie, 2007). In this notion,
it would appear that individuals are living a life in the community, outside
the walls of an institution, but now the community is their institution as they
are still ‘controlled’ (Capie, 2007).
References
Capie, A. (2007). Review
of Deinstitutionalization and people with disabilities: In and out of
institutions. Journal of Policy and
Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 4(1), 74-75.
doi:10.1111/j.1741-1130.2006.00101.x
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