One of the most recent books on this topic, in fact it won't be available
for purchase until October this year:
Stancliffe, J. & Lakin, K. (2004). Costs and Outcomes of community
services for people with intellectual disabilities. Baltimore, MD:
Brooks. (ISBN - 1-55766-718-7).
Try: www.brookspublishing.com
Regards,
Keith
At 09:00 AM 10/06/2004 -0400, Daniel Mont wrote:
>I am working at the World Bank in an effort to promote an inclusive
>approach to
>our various projects in health, education, and employment.
>
>I am continually asked the following questions I've listed below. If any
>of you
>know of any empirical research that could be of use in answering these
>questions
>I would be extremely grateful. I really need academic type studies that
>rigorously analyze data.
>
>Let me stress that I wholeheartedly believe in a rights-based approach. The
>world is about more than dollars and cents. But to generate financial support
>from donor countries info on dollars and cents helps a lot.
>
>1) What (if any) are the additional costs of making new school and health
>clinic
>construction accessible?
>
>2) In many countries, unfortunately, the approach is still to institutionalize
>people who are mentally ill or who have cognitive disabilities. How much
>money
>could be saved by providing services to that successfully help those people be
>integrated into mainstream society, instead of institutionalizing them?
>
>3) What are the economic costs and benefits of programs (such as voc rehab or
>disability management systems,etc) that support the efforts of people with
>disabilities to find and retain employment?
>
>Thanks,
>Dan
>
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