Idiots : stories about mindedness and mental retardation /

"Idiots: Stories about Mindedness and Mental Retardation is a book about four children and the people who, in many respects, define their humanity. Mindedness is a quality associated with humanity that receives little attention in the scientific literature of mental retardation. The children�...

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Main Author: Linneman, R. Daniel, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, c2001.
Series:Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 154.
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245 1 0 |a Idiots :  |b stories about mindedness and mental retardation /  |c R. Daniel Linneman. 
260 |a New York :  |b Peter Lang,  |c c2001. 
300 |a x, 254 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
490 1 |a Conterpoints,  |x 1058-1634 ;  |v v. 154 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index. 
505 0 |a Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Cassie -- Ch. 3. A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste -- Ch. 4. Sean -- Ch. 5. Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard and His Long Shadow -- Ch. 6. Emily -- Ch. 7. Definitions, Re-Definitions, and (No More) Definitions -- Ch. 8. Woody -- Ch. 9. Conclusion. 
520 1 |a "Idiots: Stories about Mindedness and Mental Retardation is a book about four children and the people who, in many respects, define their humanity. Mindedness is a quality associated with humanity that receives little attention in the scientific literature of mental retardation. The children's stories are written against the prevailing glare of the diagnoses traditional canon. Confronting mental retardation as a socially constructed disease that implies having something less than a mind, this book speaks to the rewards awaiting those who are willing to look beyond the disciplinary boundaries that define the diagnosis."--BOOK JACKET. 
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