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The Supports Paradigm and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Changes in the way we understand disability have led to paradigmatic changes in the way people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are supported. This chapter examines the emergence of the Supports Paradigm, examines paradigms in the field of intellectual and developmental disability that preceded that, and explores how this changing paradigm is impacting practice in education, residential living, employment, and other life domains.

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  1. Beach Center on Disability/Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Rm. 3136, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA

    James R. Thompson, Michael L. Wehmeyer & Karrie A. Shogren

  2. Department of Special Education Gongju, Kongju National University, University Road 56, Gongju, ChungNam, 32588, South Korea

    Hyojeong Seo

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    Karrie A. Shogren

  2. Department of Special Education, Beach Center on Disability, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

    Michael L. Wehmeyer

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA

    Nirbhay N. Singh

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Thompson, J.R., Wehmeyer, M.L., Shogren, K.A., Seo, H. (2017). The Supports Paradigm and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. In: Shogren, K., Wehmeyer, M., Singh, N. (eds) Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Springer Series on Child and Family Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59066-0_3

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