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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