Ignored, shunned, and invisible
Subtitle: how the label "retarded" has denied freedom and dignity to millions
By: J. David Smith.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Connecticut
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780313355387
Subjects: Lovelace, John, -- 1931-2001; People with mental disabilities -- Biography; Mental retardation facilities patients -- Biography; People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Introduction: Speaking of mental retardation --; title: 1: What are you going to do about it? --; title: 2: Minimally decent Samaritans --; title: 3: Feebleminded: John Lovelace, patient #6839 --; title: 4: Patient is full code --; title: 5: Becoming invisible --; title: 6: Broken ties: addressee unknown --; title: 7: Looking backward, looking forward --; title: 8: Headaches, smoking, and fights: leaving the home --; title: 9: Defining disability up and down --; title: 10: John Lovelace and the mercantile theory of mental retardation --; title: 11: Darwin's last child: disability, family, and friends --; title: 12: Fairview is nice to me --; title: 13: Ethics, powerlessness, and informed consent --; title: 14: Blindness and finding yourself in purgatory --; title: 15: Policies, people, and no room at the graveyard --; title: Epilogue --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography --; title: Index.