A Personal Interpretation of the Mental Retardation Scene in Light of the

Wolfensberger, Wolf

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ERIC Number: EJ481396

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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A Personal Interpretation of the Mental Retardation Scene in Light of the "Signs of the Times."

Wolfensberger, Wolf

Mental Retardation, v32 n1 p19-33 Feb 1994

This paper examines the dangers of modernism and societal collapse to people with mental retardation and other vulnerable groups, including the dangers brought about by fewer well-functioning families, the medical system, and the human service sector. It emphasizes the growing incidence of "deathmaking" of societally devalued people, and concludes with some response measures. (JDD)

Descriptors: Death, Disability Discrimination, Euthanasia, Mental Retardation, Modernism, Social Change, Social Discrimination, Social Problems, Social Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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