Intellectually Impaired People: The Ongoing Battle addresses challenges against the background of history, changing societal environments, and current intellectual approaches and attitudes toward persons with disabilities. The book discusses national and international conventions, societal attitudes, sheltered workshops, the right of intellectually impaired persons for self-responsibility and its limitations, and the place of mentally impaired persons in the public image. Additionally, the book attempts to capture the forces that drive the changes of our conceptual frameworks.
The US Tuskegee study which withheld antibiotics from black men with syphilis was not ended by scientific criticism but by a courageous man, press reports, and a changed social perception. The non-hiding of handicapped children is not the result of government orders, there are many non-resolvable dilemmas and tension between supporting, understanding, and patronizing a complex situation with many potential future avenues.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Concepts of intellectual impairment from antiquity to early modern times - p. 13 3. Chapter 3 Separation - p. 23 4. Chapter 4 The place of medicine in society - p. 33 5. Chapter 5 Moral treatment - p. 41 6. Chapter 6 Eugenics - p. 49 7. Chapter 7 Down syndrome - p. 55 8. Chapter 8 Nazi mass murder - p. 67 9. Chapter 9 Neurodevelopment disorders - p. 73 10. Chapter 10 Rett syndrome & more - p. 95 11. Chapter 11 Industrialization, schooling, intelligence quotient (IQ) - p. 103 12. Chapter 12 Historical emergence of medicine and psychiatry - p. 111 13. Chapter 13 The first revolution - p. 123 14. Chapter 14 The second revolution - p. 139 15. Chapter 15 US, UK, and EU laws - p. 155 16. Chapter 16 The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), European Union (EU) laws, and more - p. 161 17. Chapter 17 The paralympics and more - p. 169 18. Chapter 18 Inclusion - p. 179 19. Chapter 19 Jobs for the disabled - p. 187 20. Chapter 20 Handicapped people in society - p. 195 21. Chapter 21 Fashion models - p. 215 22. Chapter 22 Competition, social care, and hypocrisy - p. 221 23. Chapter 23 Reasonable philanthropy - p. 231 24. Chapter 24 The needy are here - p. 239 25. Chapter 25 Self-interest of institutions - p. 245 26. Chapter 26 Entrust your child to an institution? - p. 251 27. Chapter 27 Outlook - p. 255 28. Index - p. 259
Intellectually Impaired People: The Ongoing Battle addresses challenges against the background of history, changing societal environments, and current intellectual approaches and attitudes toward persons with disabilities. The book discusses national and international conventions, societal attitudes, sheltered workshops, the right of intellectually impaired persons for self-responsibility and its limitations, and the place of mentally impaired persons in the public image. Additionally, the book attempts to capture the forces that drive the changes of our conceptual frameworks.
The US Tuskegee study which withheld antibiotics from black men with syphilis was not ended by scientific criticism but by a courageous man, press reports, and a changed social perception. The non-hiding of handicapped children is not the result of government orders, there are many non-resolvable dilemmas and tension between supporting, understanding, and patronizing a complex situation with many potential future avenues.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Concepts of intellectual impairment from antiquity to early modern times - p. 13 3. Chapter 3 Separation - p. 23 4. Chapter 4 The place of medicine in society - p. 33 5. Chapter 5 Moral treatment - p. 41 6. Chapter 6 Eugenics - p. 49 7. Chapter 7 Down syndrome - p. 55 8. Chapter 8 Nazi mass murder - p. 67 9. Chapter 9 Neurodevelopment disorders - p. 73 10. Chapter 10 Rett syndrome & more - p. 95 11. Chapter 11 Industrialization, schooling, intelligence quotient (IQ) - p. 103 12. Chapter 12 Historical emergence of medicine and psychiatry - p. 111 13. Chapter 13 The first revolution - p. 123 14. Chapter 14 The second revolution - p. 139 15. Chapter 15 US, UK, and EU laws - p. 155 16. Chapter 16 The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), European Union (EU) laws, and more - p. 161 17. Chapter 17 The paralympics and more - p. 169 18. Chapter 18 Inclusion - p. 179 19. Chapter 19 Jobs for the disabled - p. 187 20. Chapter 20 Handicapped people in society - p. 195 21. Chapter 21 Fashion models - p. 215 22. Chapter 22 Competition, social care, and hypocrisy - p. 221 23. Chapter 23 Reasonable philanthropy - p. 231 24. Chapter 24 The needy are here - p. 239 25. Chapter 25 Self-interest of institutions - p. 245 26. Chapter 26 Entrust your child to an institution? - p. 251 27. Chapter 27 Outlook - p. 255 28. Index - p. 259
