TY  - GEN
T1  - From idiocy to mental deficiency : historical perspectives on people with learning disabilities
T2  - Studies in the social history of medicine.
A2  - Wright, David, 1965-
A2  - Digby Anne
LA  - English
PP  - London ; New York
PB  - Routledge
YR  - 1996
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm50632443
AB  - 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.
OP  - 238
NO  - Based on a conference sponsored by the Society for the Social History of Medicine, held in London in 1992.
CN  - HV3008.G7 F76 1996eb
SN  - 0203162242
SN  - 9780203162248
SN  - 9780415112154
SN  - 041511215X
SN  - 9786610327768
SN  - 6610327769
SN  - 9781134831999
SN  - 1134831994
SN  - 9781134831944
SN  - 1134831943
SN  - 9781134831982
SN  - 1134831986
SN  - 9781138878266
SN  - 113887826X
KW  - People with mental disabilities : Great Britain : History : Congresses.
KW  - People with mental disabilities : Care : Great Britain : History : Congresses.
KW  - Learning disabled : Great Britain : History : Congresses.
KW  - Persons with Intellectual Disabilities : history
KW  - Learning Disabilities : history
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : Congrès.
KW  - Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle : Soins : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : Congrès.
KW  - Personnes en difficulté d'apprentissage : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : Congrès.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Social Services & Welfare.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Social Security.
KW  - Learning disabled
KW  - People with mental disabilities
KW  - People with mental disabilities : Care
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Congress
KW  - proceedings (reports)
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
KW  - History
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings.
KW  - Actes de congrès.
ER  -