The Institution of the Mind ‐ The Final Challenge

Abstract

Deinstitutionalisation is a phenomenon with extensive practical consequences, as it leads to changes in the lives of people with a disability, their families and staff. It has also extensive theoretical consequences for disability services, as new models are needed when forming alternative services to those offered by the institution. During a deinstitutionalisation project (Ericsson, 2002) practical as well as theoretical problems were faced. One of the unexpected phenomena we met with came to be termed ‘the institution of the mind’.

Citation

Ericsson, K. (2005), "The Institution of the Mind ‐ The Final Challenge", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 57-61. https://doi.org/10.1108/13595474200500012