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(Ab)normality and (In)educability -- Whose Voices Can Be Found in Historical Sources on Intellectually "Abnormal" Children?
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Hofmann, Michèle – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2022
In this article, I focus on a group of people whose voices in archival materials are especially hard, or very unusual, to find. This group comprises intellectually "abnormal" children. Using the example of German-speaking Switzerland and focusing on the late 19th and early 20th centuries, I will show the types of materials produced on…
Descriptors: Educational History, Archives, Intellectual Disability, German