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<p>&lsquo;We have to assume that the mind is working no matter what it looks like on the outside. We can&rsquo;t just judge by appearance&hellip;If you take away the label they are human beings.&rsquo; Ed Murphy</p><p>What does it mean to be &lsquo;mentally retarded&rsquo;? Professors Bogdan and Taylor have interviewed two experts, &lsquo;Ed Murphy&rsquo; and &lsquo;Pattie Burt,&rsquo; for answers. Ed and Pattie, former inmates of institutions for the retarded, tell us in their own words.</p><p>Their autobiographies are not always pleasant reading. They describe the physical, mental, and emotional abuses heaped upon them throughout their youth and young adulthood; being spurned, neglected, and ultimately abandoned by family and friends; being labelled and stigmatized by social service professionals armed with tests and preconceptions; being incarcerated and depersonalized by the state.</p><p>Ed and Pattie survived these experiences&mdash;evidence, perhaps, of the indefatigable will of the human spirit to assert its essential humanity&mdash;but the wounds they have suffered, and the scars they bear, have not been overcome. They are now contributing, independent, members of society,

Who reads Inside Out: The Social Meaning of Mental Retardation (Heritage)?

Author

Robert Bogdan and Steven J. Taylor

Publisher

Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press

Published

1982

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442633872

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Science, Medical