The state boys rebellion
By: Michael D'Antonio.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Walter E. Fernald State School.; Boys -- Institutional care -- Massachusetts -- Waltham -- History.; Children with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Massachusetts -- Waltham -- History.; Inmates of institutions -- Abuse of -- Massachusetts -- Waltham -- History.; Child abuse -- Massachusetts -- Waltham -- History.
Description: Discusses the mid-twentieth-century practice of institutionalizing children with low IQ scores and recounts the story of boys at a state school in Massachusetts who fought for their freedom.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.