Making Life Work: Freedom and Disability in a Community Group Home

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MAKING LIFE WORK This page intentionally left blank MAKING LIFE WORK Freedom and Disability in a Community Group Home JACK LEVINSON University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Material in this book previously appeared in Jack Levinson, “The Group Home Workplace and the Work of Know-How,” Human Studies: A Journal of Sociology and Philosophy 28, no. 1 (2005): 57–85. Copyright 2010 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Levinson, Jack, 1965– Making life work : freedom and disability in a community group home / Jack Levinson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-5081-1 (hc : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8166-5082-8 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Group homes for people with mental disabilities—New York (State)— Case studies. 2. People with mental disabilities—New York (State)—Case studies. I. Title. HV1569.2.U52N495 2010 362.3´8509747—dc22 2009016340 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To the memory of my uncle, Martin J. Price This page intentionally left blank The Puritan wanted to work in a calling; we are forced to do so. —Max Weber This page intentionally left blank ...