Intellectually impaired people : the ongoing battle.
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Academic Press,
2023.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The almost non-existing place of handicapped persons in history
- 3. Today's changing composition of mankind
- 4. What physical and/or mental impairment have in common, and what differentiates them
- 5. Causes of impairment
- 6. Archaic and modern attitudes and thought buildings: Religions, charity, and philanthropy
- 7. Eugenics and the enforcement of social norms in industrialized countries and how many allegedly humane institutions gambled away their moral credit
- 8. Intellectual revolutions in the 20th century
- 9. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
- 10. UN declarations, conventions, and international law
- 11. The Olympic Games, Paralympics, and more as a case study
- 12. Medical literature on the treatment of impaired limbs, organs and persons
- 13. Guides for parents
- 14. Guides for professionals
- 15. Jobs for mentally impaired persons in the past
- 16. Sheltered workshops
- 17. Handicapped persons in TV and movies
- 18. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- 19. Competition, social care, and hypocrisy
- 20. The needy live here, not only far away
- 21. Sexuality
- 22. Parents' bad conscience
- 23. The challenge of mentally impaired persons will never go away
- 24. Conclusion and outlook: mankind has always mastered new challenges.