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EXCERPT: It is in the large local societies that we often find today a rift, a chasm between the old leadership group and the new members. In many cases our societies were started from within the upper middle class group, the well-to-do though not necessarily rich people. Their goals often resulted from a desire to obtain life time security for their children. The newer membership, often persons of lesser means, are seeking more limited, more immediate services....

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TITLE:  The Role Of Voluntary Organizations
FROM:  Speeches Of Rosemary F. Dybwad
CREATOR:  Rosemary F. Dybwad (author)
DATE:  1982
FORMAT:  Speech
 
SOURCE:  Friends of the Samuel Gridley Howe Library and the Dybwad Family
 
KEYWORDS:  Activists, Advocacy, Children, Cognitive Disability, Economics, Family, Fundraising, Identity, International League Of Societies For The Mentally Handicapped, Kenya, Mental Retardation, Parenting, People First, Policy, Rosemary Dybwad, Self Help
 
NOTE:  Speech delivered at the Eighth World Congress on Mental Retardation, Nairobi, Kenya.
 
OBJECTS FROM THIS ARTIFACT:
- An International Look At Developmental Disabilities (doc)
- Human Rights: Myth Or Reality (doc)
- Mental Handicap: The World Scene (doc)
- Preparation Of Persons With Mental Retardation For Adult Living (doc)
- Prevention And Intervention In England: A 1975 Perspective (doc)
- The Mentally Retarded Child Today -- The Adult Of Tomorrow (doc)
- The Needs Of Children (doc)
- The Role Of Voluntary Organizations (doc)


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