ABSTRACT
A number of planning approaches in the area of disability, collectively known as person-centred planning, have been developed over the last fifteen years or so. These person-centred planning approaches have been seen as alternatives to traditional, service-based planning systems and are aimed at further enhancing the quality of the lives of people with intellectual disabilities (Department of Health, 2001; Emerson and Standcliffe, 2004; Holburn and Vietze, 2002; Mansell and Beadle-Brown, 2004). Person-centred planning, however, is a process with wider aspirations. It offers a challenge not only to individuals committed to support people with intellectual disabilities but also to service organizations, state and voluntary agencies and the wider community. Person-centred planning is concerned ultimately with supporting people with intellectual disabilities to choose and experience the lives of their choice and with social change that enables people with intellectual disabilities to take their place as full members of local communities.
