Overview

With contributions from distinguished authorities in 14 countries across five continents, this book provides a valuable transnational perspective on intellectual disability in the twentieth century. It outlines different policies and practices, while also demonstrating their impact on people with intellectual disabilities and their families. 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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Author:   Philip Ferguson (Chapman University) ,  Yueh-Ching Chou ,  Carol Hamilton (University of Waiktato) ,  Gudrun Stefansdottir
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447344575

ISBN 10:   144734457
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   23 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction ~ Jan Walmsley, Simon Jarrett; Paradoxical Lives: Intellectual Disability Policy and Practice in Twentieth Century Australia ~ Lee-Ann Monk; Tracing the Historical and Ideological Roots of Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Austria ~ Gertraud Kremsner, Oliver Koenig and Tobias Buchner; Time of Paradoxes: What the Twentieth Century was like for People with Intellectual Disabilities living in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic ~ Monika Mužáková and Iva Strnadová; Intellectual Disability in Twentieth-Century Ghana ~ Jane Abraham and Auberon Jaleel Odoom; A Greek Neverland: The History of the Leros Asylums' Inmates with Intellectual Disability (1958-95) ~ Danae Karydaki; Intellectual Disability in Hong Kong: Then and Now ~ Phyllis King Shui Wong; People with Intellectual Disabilities in the European Semi-Periphery: The Case of Hungary ~ Ágnes Turnpenny; People with Intellectual Disabilities in Iceland in the Twentieth Century: Sterilization, Social Role Valorization and ‘Normal Life’ ~ Guðrún Stefánsdóttir; Institutionalisation in Twentieth-Century New Zealand ~ Carol Hamilton; ‘My Life in the Institution’ and ‘My Life in the Community’: Policies and Practice in Taiwan ~ Yueh-Ching Chou; Intellectual Disability Policy and Practice in Twentieth-Century United Kingdom ~ Simon Jarrett and Jan Walmsley; From Social Menace to Unfulfilled Promise: The Evolution of Policy and Practice toward People with Intellectual Disabilities in the United States ~ Philip M. Ferguson.

Reviews

Jan Walmsley and Simon Jarrett have exercised a global reach in collecting diverse perspectives on the ways twelve nations have engaged the challenge of supporting people with intellectual disabilities to take their rightful place as citizens. The result is a gift to scholars and advocates alike. John O'Brien, The Learning Community for Person Centered Practice

“Jan Walmsley and Simon Jarrett have exercised a global reach in collecting diverse perspectives on the ways twelve nations have engaged the challenge of supporting people with intellectual disabilities to take their rightful place as citizens. The result is a gift to scholars and advocates alike.” John O’Brien, The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices

Author Information

Jan Walmsley is a historian of intellectual disability and Visiting Chair in History of Learning Disability at The Open University. In 1994 she founded the Social History of Learning Disability Research Group at The Open University. Simon Jarrett is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. He is a historian of intellectual disability and editor of Community Living magazine.

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