Pennhurst and the struggle for disability rights /

A comprehensive study of the history of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital (1908-87), a state-operated institution in Pennsylvania for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Explores Pennhurst's enduring impact on the disability civil rights movement in Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Downey, Dennis B., 1952- (Editor), Conroy, James W., 1948- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Pennhurst State School (Pa.) > History. Intellectual disability facilities patients > Care > Pennsylvania > History > 20th century. Intellectual disability facilities patients > Abuse of > Pennsylvania > History > 20th century. Intellectual disability facilities patients > Deinstitutionalization > Pennsylvania > History > 20th century. Intellectual disability facilities patients > Legal status, laws, etc. > Pennsylvania > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

The idea of Pennhurst : eugenics and the abandonment of hope / Dennis B. Downey
Living in a world apart / J. Gregory Pirmann
The veil of secrecy : a legacy of exploitation and abuse / James W. Conroy and Dennis B. Downey
Suffer the little children : an oral remembrance / Bill Baldini
The rise of family and organizational advocacy / Janet Albert-Herman and Elizabeth Coppola
From PARC to Pennhurst : the legal argument for equality / Judith A. Gran
The rise of self-advocacy : a personal remembrance / Mark Friedman and Nancy K. Nowell
The Pennhurst longitudinal study and public policy : how we learned that people were better off / James W. Conroy
Touring the ecology of the abandoned / Heath Hofmeister and Chris Peecho Cadwalader
Preservation : a case study of collective conscience / Nathaniel Guest
The final indignity and the dawning of hope / Emily Smith Beitiks.