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A 4 page analysis of the essay/pamphlet “Finding a Way Toward Everyday Lives” by John O’Brien and Herbert Lovett. No additional sources cited.
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at society and services that are offered. They essentially find themselves living with parents far longer than most people, some living with their parents forever. Or they may live their
lives in some institution where their bodily needs are taken care of and they never have an opportunity to really challenge themselves or live in the "real" world. In the
essay/pamphlet "Finding a Way Toward Everyday Lives" by John OBrien and Herbert Lovett the authors present a very detailed overview of an approach called Person Centered Planning. The following paper
analyzes what this essay/pamphlet has to say as it relates to developmentally disabled people. (It should also be noted that the perspectives provided are those of this author who has
a developmentally disabled older sister who lives adjacent to the writer, and this writer also has a 24 year old developmentally disabled daughter who lives at home.) "Finding a
Way Toward Everyday Lives" The essay/pamphlet begins by illustrating that there are controversies to this particular approach and there are also ways in which this approach could prove useless. However,
the essay/pamphlet, it should be noted, does a very good job at discussing potential problems and controversies. In these respects the work is very well laid out and explained.
One of the first things that struck this writer in this work was the following: "Too often, however, the inertia of service systems couples with prejudice against people with disabilities
to stifle hope and opportunity" (OBrien; Lovett, 1992; 7). Having grown up with a disabled sister, when opportunities did not exist, and then watching her go through various training programs
and eventually living on her own and holding down jobs, has often brought this reader into a world where this statement is very obvious. There is a very powerful prejudice
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