Prejudice exists at all levels of society, finding its basis in over-generalized, learned
attitudes towards those individuals who do not conform to what is perceived to be
normal within that society. This prejudice has, within learning disability services,
found expression in the marginalization of learning disabled people away from the
mainstream of society, and their admission into long stay institutions. It is the
experience of the authors that such marginalization continues to exist in both the
UK and Ireland, at a functional and attitudinal level, within many contemporary
learning disability services. This conceptual paper seeks to examine the effects of
marginalization on the development of learning disabled people in Ireland, within
the context of a proposed, integrative approach to personhood.
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