Book ID: CBB899215958

Intellectual Disability in the Twentieth Century: Transnational Perspectives on People, Policy, and Practice (2021)

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Walmsley, Jan (Editor)


Policy Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 224
Language: English

Bringing together accounts of how intellectual disability was viewed, managed and experienced in countries across the globe, the book examines the origins and nature of contemporary attitudes, policy and practice and sheds light on the challenges of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD).

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Authors & Contributors
Jarrett, Simon
Ahlberg, Kristin L.
Arnaud, Sabine M.
Hayward, Rodney A.
Howell, Joel D.
Menicucci, Telma Maria Gonçalves
Journals
History of the Human Sciences
Agricultural History
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Publishers
Duke University
Harvard University Press
McGill-Queen's University Press
Reaktion Books
Septentrion
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Disabilities; disability; accessibility
Intellectual disability
Public policy
Medicine and society
Public health
Human rights
People
Itard, Jean
Sicard, Roch-Ambroise Cucurron
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
France
Canada
Africa
Brazil
Institutions
United Nations
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