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Download full textSchalock, Robert L. – 1991
The concept of quality of life (QOL) has become an important public policy and service delivery issue within the mental retardation/developmental disabilities field. QOL measurement focuses on a number of personal and environmental factors, including independence, productivity, living/residential environment, interpersonal and community…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Intervention
Schalock, Robert L.; Genung, Tom L. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
Eighty-five persons with developmental disabilities who had been placed into independent housing and competitive employment 15 years previously were evaluated. Two primary groups emerged: 19% in and 59% not in mental retardation/developmental disability services. The two groups were compared on social and support networks, lifestyle, quality of…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
