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"The '''normalization''' principle means making available to all [[people with disabilities]] patterns of life and conditions of everyday living which are as close as possible to the regular circumstances and ways of life or society."<ref>''The basis and logic of the normalisatioprinciple'', Bengt Nirje, Sixth International Congress of IASSMD, Toronto, 1982</ref> Normalization is a rigorous theory of human services that can be applied to disability services.<ref>Wolfensberger, W. & Glenn, L. (1973). "Program Analysis of Service Systems (PASS): A Method for the Quantitative Evaluation of Human Services". Vol. 1. Handbook. Volume II. Field Manual. Downsview, Toronto, Canada: National Institute on Mental Retardation.</ref> Normalization theory arose in the early 1970s, towards the end of the institutionalisation period in the US; it is one of the strongest and long lasting integration theories for people with severe disabilities.
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