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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1999
This study provides longitudinal analysis of day program and work activities of 61 individuals leaving Minnesota state institutions and a comparison group of 71 people remaining institutionalized. Only 13% of movers experienced integrated employment. As a group, the people who remained institutionalized actually earned more money. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Day Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)