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A View from the Inside: A Day in the Life of Tom W
Author(s) -
Bahlinger Volker,
Walsh Peter G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1993.tb00708.x
Subject(s) - introspection , day to day , psychology , point (geometry) , service (business) , learning disability , gerontology , sociology , developmental psychology , medicine , engineering , cognitive psychology , operations management , economy , geometry , mathematics , economics
This article is an introspective account of a typical day in the life of an individual who has a severe learning disability, living in a residential complex in the West of Ireland. In addition to having a learning disability, Tom is also non‐ambulant and he currently lives in a bungalow in the grounds of a residential, village complex. The article is an attempt to describe a typical day in Tom's life from the vantage point of a service user.