Contributors

1 Tim D. Aubry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Community Services Research Unit, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2 André Blanchet, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), Medical Advisor, Shriver Clinical Services Corporation, Watertown, MA, USA

3 Sara N. Burchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

4 André Dionne, B.Sc., Agent de recherche et de planification socio-économique, Direction de la Recherche et de l’Évaluation, Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Québec, Qc, Canada

5 Robert J. Flynn, Ph.D., Professor, Community Services Research Unit, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

6 Beth French, Executive Director, Brockville and district Association for Community Involvement, Brockville, ON, Canada

7 Laird W. Heal, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Special Education, Psychology, and Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

8 Anna Hollander, Ph.D., Reader, Department of Social Welfare, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

9 Michael Kendrick, Kendrick Consulting Services, Holyoke, MA, USA

10 Kristjana Kristiansen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

11 Raymond A. Lemay, M.SC., Directeur Exécutif, Société de l’aide à l’enfance de Prescott-Russell Children’s Aid Society, Plantagenet, ON, Canada

12 Peter Millier, M.A., Senior Trainer, Training and Evaluation for Change (TEC), Adelaide, SA, Australia

13 Bengt Nirje, Ph.D. h.c., Uppsala University Center for Disability Research, Uppsala, Sweden

14 John O’Brien, Responsive Systems Associates, Lithonia, GA, USA

15 Michael J. Oliver, Ph.D., Professor, Disability Studies, University of Greenwich, London, England

16 Joe Osburn, M.S.W., Director, Indiana Safeguards Initiative, Indianapolis, IN, USA

17 Peter Park, National Coordinator, People First of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada

18 Jacques Pelletier, M.P.A., Directeur Général, Réseau de services en déficience intellectuelle de l’Outaouais, Hull, QC, Canada

19 Burt Perrin, Independent Consultant, Policy and Program Development and Evaluation, Vissec, France

20 Deborah Reidy, M.Ed., Director, Cornerstone—a center for leadership and community initiatives, Easthampton, MA, USA

21 Carole St-Denis, Ph.D. candidate, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

22 Judith Sandys, Ph.D., Dean, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, ON, Canada

23 Mârten Söder, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

24 David Schwartz, Ph.D., Harrisburg, PA, USA

25 Susan Thomas, M.SC., Training Coordinator, Training Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

26 Jan Tøssebro, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Social Work, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

27 Tony Wadmwright, D. Phil., Dip. Clin. Psychol., Director of Quality and Clinical Audit, Head of Clinical Psychology Services, Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust, St. Lawrence’s Hospital, Bodmin, Cornwall, UK

28 Wolf Wolfensberger, Ph.D., Research Professor, School of Education, Syracuse University and Director, Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership, & Change Agentry, Syracuse, NY, USA

29 Jack Yates, Director of Staff Development, SE Region, Department of Mental Retardation, Carver, MA, USA