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Document Description
Title
Not
so
good
, not
so
bad
:
an
ethnographic
study
of the
lives
of
former
residents
of
Exon
House
following
deinstitutionalization
Author
Corbett
,
Allan
Francis
,
1954-
Description
Thesis
(M.A.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1998.
Sociology
Date
1997
Pagination
viii, 191, [4] leaves
Subject
Mentally
handicapped--Deinstitutionalization--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Mentally
handicapped--Newfoundland
and
Labrador--Attitudes
Degree
M.A.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Sociology
Discipline
Sociology
Language
eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
[169]-183
Abstract
Deinstitutionalization
has been a
policy
of
governments
throughout
North
America
for
many
years.
The
policies
were
supported
by
advocacy
groups
and by
persons
who
lived
in the
institutions.
The
government
of
Newfoundland
closed
two
institutions
,
Children's
Home
in
1983
and
Exon
House
in
1988.
The
research
in this
thesis
was
conducted
in an
ethnographic
model
using
semi-structured
interviews
with
thirteen
former
Exon
House
residents.
An
important
aspect
of this
research
was to
allow
the
voices
of the
former
residents
to
tell
the
stories
of their
lives
following
deinstitutionalization
in
Newfoundland.
Because
normalization
was an
important
driving
principle
behind
deinstitutionalization
,
it
was
utilized
to
aid
in the
analysis
of the
data
collected.
Four
major
areas
were
explored
,
social
linkages
,
personal
autonomy
,
personal
satisfaction
and
self-
concept.
The
findings
from the
research
indicate
that the
former
residents
had
few
friends
that were not in
paid
relationships
, they were not
satisfied
with
family
relations
, there were
limited
efforts
to
teach
activities
that would
enhance
autonomy
,
few
worked
and
many
had a
strong
sense
of
who
they
were.
The
analysis
of the
data
strongly
suggests
a
re-focusing
of
efforts
toward
the
goals
of
normalization.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
a1260709
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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(23.05
MB)
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