ABSTRACT
L. Wing published a paper arguing for an acknowledgement of individuals’ differences, as opposed to the way she saw the policy of normalisation, being carried out. Policymakers have no knowledge about the work of those people who implement their policy. Before examining the impact of the Valuing People policy on the lives of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in particular, it is necessary to summarise the framework for services for people with intellectual disability in the UK, at the turn of the 21st century. D. Race argues that the concept of normalisation has been influencing services for people with intellectual disability for well over thirty years. The Office for Disability Issues, encourages its use in policymaking. According to a social model account, it is the conditions, which restrict an individual’s life opportunities that need to be identified and analysed.
