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BL
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1041590
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b795960
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| Main Entry
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Smith, J. David,1944-
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| Title & Author
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Ignored, shunned, and invisible : : how the label "retarded" has denied freedom and dignity to millions /\ J. David Smith.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 2009.
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1 online resource (x, 192 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313355398
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: 9780313355394
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031335538X
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9780313355387
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Speaking of Mental Retardation; Chapter 1 What Are You Going to Do About It?; Chapter 2 Minimally Decent Samaritans; Chapter 3 Feebleminded: John Lovelace, Patient #6839; Chapter 4 "Patient Is Full Code"; Chapter 5 Becoming Invisible; Chapter 6 Broken Ties: "Addressee Unknown"; Chapter 7 Looking Backward, Looking Forward; Chapter 8 Headaches, Smoking, and Fights: Leaving the Home; Chapter 9 Defining Disability Up and Down; Chapter 10 John Lovelace and the Mercantile Theory of Mental Retardation.
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| Abstract
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Historically, segregation and social isolation have been recurring responses to people considered defective or deficient in some way. And it is in the midst of such a society that special educator J. David Smith wrote this book, which presents critical historical and contemporary issues in mental retardation. Told through gripping vignettes and interwoven with the story of the life of John Lovelace, a man labeled mentally retarded as a child then institutionalized and sterilized, this gripping text will make all readers reconsider not only our social policies and practices, but also our person.
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Lovelace, John,1931-2001.
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Lovelace, John,1931-2001
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Intellectual disability facilities patients, Biography.
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People with mental disabilities, Biography.
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People with mental disabilities-- Institutional care.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Medical.
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Intellectual disability facilities patients.
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MEDICAL-- Mental Health.
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MEDICAL-- Psychiatry-- General.
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People with mental disabilities-- Institutional care.
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People with mental disabilities.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Clinical Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Mental Illness.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Psychopathology-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.890092B
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RC570.2.S63 2009eb
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