<p>This study aims to explore how employment of people with intellectual disabilities has grown from only a few participants in the 1960 to be a statutory right. The aim is further to describe the progress and how theories about disability, normalization and social integration relate to the activity. Particular attention is given to the conditions of the labour market and how it influences the activity. Does the ambition to get activity closer the labour market changes and if there are changing, in what way? Is it important that employment resemble or can lead to a common work? The method is to study and analysis periodicals and newspapers articles and make interviews. The main result of the study is: theories about disability, normalization and social integration has nearly connection with the employment, the ambition to get activity closer the labour market changes between different periods, the conditions to the labour market make sense and for some people with intellectual disabilities it is important that the employment resemble or can lead to a common work but for many the important is that employment offers in situation and a environment that they enjoy.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hh-265 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Kronkvist, Martin |
| Publisher | Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för Hälsa och Samhälle (HOS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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