Title Inside out : the social meaning of mental retardation / Robert Bogdan and Steven J. Taylor

Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1982

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Sarason, Seymour B. -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Life Histories -- 3. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Backmatter Summary 'We have to assume that the mind is working no matter what it looks like on the outside. We can't just judge by appearance ... If you take away the label they are human beings.' Ed MurphyWhat does it mean to be 'mentally retarded'? Professors Bogdan and Taylor have interviewed two experts, 'Ed Murphy' and 'Pattie Burt, ' for answers. Ed and Pattie, former inmates of institutions for the retarded, tell us in their own words. Their autobiographies are not always pleasant reading. They describe the physical, mental, and emotional abuses heaped upon them throughout their youth and young adulthood; being spurned, neglected, and ultimately abandoned by family and friends; being labelled and stigmatized by social service professionals armed with tests and preconceptions; being incarcerated and depersonalized by the state. Ed and Pattie survived these experiences-evidence, perhaps, of the indefatigable will of the human spirit to assert its essential humanity-but the wounds they have suffered, and the scars they bear, have not been overcome. They are now contributing, independent, members of society, but the stigma of 'mental retardation' remains. Their stories are both true and representative-powerful indictments of our knowledge of, our thinking about, and our ministrations to, the mentally handicapped. The interviewers argue that Ed and Pattie challenge the very concept of 'mental retardation.' Retardation, they assert, is an 'imaginary disease'; our attempts to 'cure' it are a hoax. Read Ed's and Pattie's accounts and judge for yourself Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Intellectual disability -- Social aspects People with mental disabilities -- Case studies Intellectual disability. Social desirability. Intellectual Disability Social Desirability intellectual disability. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Social desirability Intellectual disability Intellectual disability -- Social aspects People with mental disabilities Geistige Behinderung Videokassette Geestelijk gehandicapten. Sociale aspecten. Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Taylor, Steven J., 1949- ISBN 9781442632196 1442632194 9781442633872 1442633875

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