THE COMMUNITY IMPERATIVE
THE COMMUNITY IMPERATIVE
A REFUTATION OF ALL ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT
OF INSTITUTIONALIZING ANYBODY
BECAUSE OF MENTAL RETARDATION
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
In the domain of Human Rights:
- All people have fundamental moral and constitutional rights.
- These rights must not be abrogated merely because a
person has a mental or physical disability.
- Among these fundamental rights is the right to community
living.
In the domain of Educational Programming and Human Services:
- All people, as human beings, are inherently valuable.
- All people can grow and develop.
- All people are entitled to conditions which foster their development.
- Such conditions are optimally provided in community settings.
Therefore:
In fulfillment of fundamental human rights and in securing optimum
developmental opportunities, all people, regardless of the severity of their
disabilities, are entitled to community living.
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