FROM IDIOCY TO MENTAL DEFICIENCY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

WRIGHT, David And Anne Digby (Edits.), Richard Neugebauer, Peter Rushton, Jonathan Andrews, C.f Goodey, Pamela Cox, David Gladstone, Mark Jackson, Mathew Thomson.

ISBN 10: 041511215X ISBN 13: 9780415112154

Published by Routledge, London & New York, 1996

Language: English

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Title: FROM IDIOCY TO MENTAL DEFICIENCY: HISTORICAL...

Publisher: Routledge, London & New York

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities have changed dramatically in recent years. The implementation of 'Care in the Community', the campaign for disabled rights and the debate over the education of children with special needs have combined to make this one of the most controversial areas in social policy today.
The nine original research essays collected here cover the social history of learning disability from the Middle Ages through the establishment of the National Health Service. They will not only contribute to a neglected field of social and medical history but also illuminate and inform current debates.
The information presented here will have a profound impact on how professionals in mental health, psychiatric nursing, social work and disabled rights understand learning disability and society's responses to it over the course of history.

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'This book helps to fill an enormous gap in social history.' - University of Salford

'A good resource for students. It brings together an overview of changing perceptions, terminology, attitudes and provisions over centuries.' - Dorothy Atkinson, The Open University

'This book is an excellent resource for anyone involved in supporting people with learning disabilities.' - Nursing Times

'Some fascinating and also very moving descriptions.' - Community Care

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