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Article: Social Integration, Leisure, and Individuals with-Intellectual Disability.
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- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Integrating individuals with intellectual disability into community life has been a central goal of the disability movement for more than 30 years. Integration, although defined in various ways, is commonly thought of as a process that brings people together with and without a disability in shared physical settings where meaningful social interactions can be fostered and maintained (Hutchison & McGill, 1992; Nirje, 1985; Wolfensberger, 1972). In particular, the social aspect of this process--social integration--advanced as a key to ensuring that people not only live in but are also members of their respective communities (Wolfensberger, 1972, p. 49).
Fundamental ...