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Gunnar Dybwad
Gunnar Dybwad (1909–2001) was an American professor and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, particularly developmental disabilities. He is best known for his support for the social model of disability, reframing disability accommodations as a matter of civil rights, not medical treatment. The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities gives out the Dybwad Humanitarian Award annually in his honor.
Dybwad was born in Leipzig, Germany, and lived in Germany until 1934. He moved to the United Kingdom, then to the United States where he settled in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his wife, Rosemary, and their two children.
Being interested in architectural planning and disabilities, Dybwad remodeled his home to be wheelchair accessible at the age of 82. He and his wife wished to die at home and it was done as an "anti-nursing home" strategy. He converted the downstairs of his two-story home to function as a "self-contained unit" should they find it difficult to maneuver the stairs.
Dybwad died (age 92) of natural causes at the Wingate Rehabilitation Center in Needham, Massachusetts.
Dybwad studied law and political science at University of Halle in Germany, where he earned a Doctorate in Law in 1934. Dybwad graduated from the New York School of Social Work in 1939.
At the start of his career, Dybwad focused his attention on the humane treatment for people in the criminal justice and child welfare systems. His book, Theorie und Praxis des fascistischen Strafvollzugs (Theory and Practice of the Fascist Penitentiary), explored the practices and theories of Italy's (Fascist) penal system of the early 1930s.
He also served as director of several organizations: Child Welfare Program, Michigan (Director, 1943–1951), National Association for Retarded Children (executive director, 1957–1963), Child Study Association of America (executive director, 1951–1957)
Gunnar Dybwad is well known for his international leadership in the field of rehabilitation and medicine, advocating for disability rights and for ethical and legal protections.
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Gunnar Dybwad
Gunnar Dybwad (1909–2001) was an American professor and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, particularly developmental disabilities. He is best known for his support for the social model of disability, reframing disability accommodations as a matter of civil rights, not medical treatment. The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities gives out the Dybwad Humanitarian Award annually in his honor.
Dybwad was born in Leipzig, Germany, and lived in Germany until 1934. He moved to the United Kingdom, then to the United States where he settled in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his wife, Rosemary, and their two children.
Being interested in architectural planning and disabilities, Dybwad remodeled his home to be wheelchair accessible at the age of 82. He and his wife wished to die at home and it was done as an "anti-nursing home" strategy. He converted the downstairs of his two-story home to function as a "self-contained unit" should they find it difficult to maneuver the stairs.
Dybwad died (age 92) of natural causes at the Wingate Rehabilitation Center in Needham, Massachusetts.
Dybwad studied law and political science at University of Halle in Germany, where he earned a Doctorate in Law in 1934. Dybwad graduated from the New York School of Social Work in 1939.
At the start of his career, Dybwad focused his attention on the humane treatment for people in the criminal justice and child welfare systems. His book, Theorie und Praxis des fascistischen Strafvollzugs (Theory and Practice of the Fascist Penitentiary), explored the practices and theories of Italy's (Fascist) penal system of the early 1930s.
He also served as director of several organizations: Child Welfare Program, Michigan (Director, 1943–1951), National Association for Retarded Children (executive director, 1957–1963), Child Study Association of America (executive director, 1951–1957)
Gunnar Dybwad is well known for his international leadership in the field of rehabilitation and medicine, advocating for disability rights and for ethical and legal protections.