Albert Kushlick (2 March 1932 – 23 August 1997) was a psychiatrist best known for his advocacy for greater facilities within mainstream communities for adults and children with a learning disability.
[4] He helped improve care for the elderly and those with disabilities for the Wessex Regional Health Authority and was an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Southampton School of Medicine.
[1] This move from a centralised system to local care units was replicated in many countries.
[5] Kushlick was born in South Africa and educated at the Benoni High School in Benoni, Transvaal province, before studying medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand in northern Johannesburg.
He worked in a number of South African institutions, including the professorial units of the Princess Nursing Home and the Non-European Hospital, before leaving for London in 1956[1] after the government threatened to imprison him for his work with the anti-apartheid movement and Nelson Mandela.