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1. 1. Crafting the Revolution – A Study on Intellectual Disability and Well-Being in Socialist Cuba

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Susanna Lucas; [2015]
   Keywords : Cuba; intellectual disability; capability approach; development; poverty; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the case of education and habilitation services in Cienfuegos, Havana, and Pinar del Rio to describe the well-being of persons with intellectual disability. The welfare of the target group is assessed through an ethnographic study of how actors from the societal sectors policy/service/household perceive that the well-being of individuals with intellectual disability is and can be achieved. READ MORE