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Many references have been made in Chapter 2 with regard to people with mental handicaps living in ordinary housing in the community. There are no special design requirements needed in housing for this client group, unless clients have physical or visual handicaps, which can be dealt with as for other disabled people.
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Isaac, D. (1990). Housing. In: Community Occupational Therapy with Mentally Handicapped Adults. Therapy in Practice Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3344-7_5
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