Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-187) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Speaking of mental retardation -- What are you going to do about it? -- Minimally decent samaritans -- Feebleminded: John Lovelace, patient #6839 -- "Patient is full code" -- Becoming invisible -- Broken ties: "addressee unknown" -- Looking backward, looking forward -- Headaches, smoking, and fights: leaving the home -- Defining disability up and down -- John Lovelace and the mercantile theory of mental retardation -- Darwin's last child: disability, family, and friends -- "Fairview is nice to me" -- Ethics, powerlessness, and informed consent -- Blindness and finding yourself in purgatory -- Policies, people, and no room at the graveyard.
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