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Unit 5 Culminating Timeline
A timeline that included a series of events discussed in class during this unit with supplementary events from the period of 1982 to present day -
Deinstitutionalization in North America
Deinstitutionalization is the process of releasing individuals with developmental disabilities who were then deemed as lunatics, criminals and abnormal from mental institutions. These former patients then were placed in smaller settings within the same community that they were removed from. It's arguable to said whether the government believed that these individuals would be received more care outside institutions or the government simply didn't want to pay for them any longer.
