Daily living

Abstract

Our world is becoming increasingly competitive and fast-moving. People are expected to be able to look after themselves and to get ahead. It seems that people have less time for, and show less patience towards, those whose disability or learning difficulty means they cannot move at the world’s pace. At the same time, there is a move away from the idea that such people should live apart from society, in residential institutions. The current thinking is that, as far as possible, people with disabilities or learning difficulties should live at home in the local community.