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Many written text, books and manuals have shaped the history of human services. The development of the new way of thinking from system-centered toward person-centered principles has evolved through many thinkers and contributors. Both the written word and visual images have come to alter how people think about people with disabilities and their place in society. This department contains many of these landmark and classic works which are seminal in the development of
person-centered design.

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Managed by: Angela Novak Amado of Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota

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Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online) (15 Products)
Electronic Media (2 Products)

Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online)

	A brief introduction to social role valorization: A high order concept for addressing the plight of societally devalued people, and for structuring human services This book is an updated version of the classic description of "social role valorization" -- the role of people with disabilities in the larger society.
	Christmas in Purgatory: A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation This book is a classic photo essay of living conditions in institutions. It was first published in 1964 and was a foundational work in reform efforts.
	Crossing the River: Creating a conceptual revolution in community & disability This classic book discusses real community integration and belonging for individuals with disabilities.
	Housing Support and Community: Choices and Strategies for Adults with Disabilities Published in 1993, this book presented ways to support people to live in their own homes and participate in community life.
	Human Rights, YES! Human Rights, YES! is a human rights education tool, developed following the establishment of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This book aids self-advocates and advocates promote human rights for people with disabilities.
	Life in the Community: Case Studies of Organizations Supporting People with Disabilities This book presents case studies about how organizations around the United States have helped people with disabilities be included in their communities.
	Revisiting the Vision: Selected Works of Burton Blatt This media package features classic works of one of the greatest visionaries of our time.
	Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity This book is a classic text on the stigma associated with disability and how stigmatized individuals are treated in society.
	The child who never grew The true story of Pearl Buck's daughter who was born with intellectual disabilities in the 1920's.
	The Normalization Principle from Changing Patterns in Residential Services for the Mentally Retarded This is the classic description of the "principles of normalization" for persons with intellectual disabilities.
	The Origin and Nature of Our Institutional Models Book exploring how institutions have traditionally treated persons labeled "retarded."
	The Principle of Normalization in Human Services This book is the seminal work on the principle of normalization, which has shaped the development of human services in the last few decades.
	The Willowbrook Wars: A decade of struggle for social justice This book traces the history of reforms and litigation at the infamous Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York from 1972 to 1983.
	Toward Independence A report by the National Council on Disability which became the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities Act
	Walking Isn’t Everything Giving a glimpse of how the delivery of medical services have changed since the polio edpidemics of the early 1950s, the book describes what it was like to be a woman with a disability in that era.

Electronic Media (Videos, CDs, T.V., Radio, Websites, etc.)

	A History of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act This website explains the history of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act). It shows the records of many important meetings and hearings, and the manuals, reports and reviews from different times in history.
	Revisiting the Vision: Selected Works of Burton Blatt This media package features classic works of one of the greatest visionaries of our time.

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