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Pollack, Harold A. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2011
This article explores social policy developments in the arena of intellectual and developmental disabilities. It begins by summarizing the challenges facing persons with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers in 1945. Families depended on a patchwork of over-crowded and under-funded large state institutions. Children with intellectual…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities
White House Conference on Aging, Washington, DC. – 1981
This first volume of three of the final report of the 1981 White House Conference on Aging contains the response to the congressional charge to the Conference that the final report propose a national policy on aging not only for the minority who need aid but also for the majority of older adults who live in comfort and security. The report is…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Delivery Systems, Economic Climate, Gerontology
National Council on Disability, Washington, DC. – 1996
The National Council on Disability (NCD) held a National Summit on Disability Policy on April 27-29, 1996 at which 300 grassroots disability leaders gathered to discuss how to achieve independence in the next decade. Following an analysis of disability demographics and disability rights and culture, disability policy is assessed in 11 areas:…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agenda Setting, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation