| Abstract |
More and more people who, in the past, would have been institutionalized, are currently housed in residential neighbourhoods. The basic idea underlying this change is that psychiatric patients or people with intellectual disabilities wish to live independently among ‘normal’ people. This article examines the assumption that these groups ‘feel at home’ in their new context, by looking at the actual experiences of psychiatric patients or people with intellectual disabilities. How do they perceive their ‘social landing’ in these neighbourhoods? Where and when do they feel at home?
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