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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Germain Weber*
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Clinical, Health and Differential Psychology, Vienna, Austria, email germain.weber@univie.ac.at
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Abstract

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In the past two decades, national as well as regional policy agendas for people with disabilities and especially people with intellectual disabilities have followed strategies of inclusion and rights, with the promotion of a community-based approach.

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Thematic Paper — European Perspectives on Intellectual Disability
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008

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