Autism/AS Project

[Guest guest]

Hi

The file I placed in the files section is the result of a research project that

I did for one of my Sociology Honours courses last year. It started off looking

at autism services such as they are and were. I had to expand the project's

emphasis because New Zealand does not have a dedicated service for people with

ASD and what services that are available, are combined with existing disability

services.

The project covers some of the history of service provision for people with

disabilities starting in the days of institutionalisation and continuing into

the present day.

Since the Fifth Labour Government came into office in 1999, there have been some

major policy announcements concerning disability support. These were announced

in two major documents. The first, 'The New Zealand Disability Strategy 2000'

which contained the government's aims for service provision. The second was a

complimentary study 'To Have an 'Ordinary' Life' published by the National

Health Committee. This study dealt with the support services people with an

intellectual disability need to function to their fullest extent possible in the

community.

One thing which did become apparent during the research for this project was

that there have been many conferences and much talk about what should be

happening. To date, there has been little in the form of concrete action as

regards actual services.

I finished the year with a B average which meant that I came out with a BA with

second class honours.

The completed project could be used as the basis of an MA thesis which might

happen either this year or next.

[Guest guest]

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thanks for posting. I read up to #14 and will continue tomorrow.

<cyclist2001nz@...> wrote:

Hi

The file I placed in the files section is the result of a research project that

I did for one of my Sociology Honours courses last year. It started off looking

at autism services such as they are and were. I had to expand the project's

emphasis because New Zealand does not have a dedicated service for people with

ASD and what services that are available, are combined with existing disability

services.

The project covers some of the history of service provision for people with

disabilities starting in the days of institutionalisation and continuing into

the present day.

Since the Fifth Labour Government came into office in 1999, there have been some

major policy announcements concerning disability support. These were announced

in two major documents. The first, 'The New Zealand Disability Strategy 2000'

which contained the government's aims for service provision. The second was a

complimentary study 'To Have an 'Ordinary' Life' published by the National

Health Committee. This study dealt with the support services people with an

intellectual disability need to function to their fullest extent possible in the

community.

One thing which did become apparent during the research for this project was

that there have been many conferences and much talk about what should be

happening. To date, there has been little in the form of concrete action as

regards actual services.

I finished the year with a B average which meant that I came out with a BA with

second class honours.

The completed project could be used as the basis of an MA thesis which might

happen either this year or next.