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As stated in Chapter 1, the underpinning philosophy of many services is that of normalisation.

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Brigden, P. (1993). Personal relationships. In: Brigden, P., Todd, M. (eds) Concepts in community care for people with a learning difficulty. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12863-1_6

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