Noncitizen: Plight of the Mentally Retarded.

Skarnulis, Ed

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ERIC Number: EJ092414

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Publication Date: 1974

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Noncitizen: Plight of the Mentally Retarded

Skarnulis, Ed

Social Work, 19, 1, 56-62, Jan 74

Mentally retarded citizens have been denied their human and civil rights, not only by the public, but by professionals--including social workers. The author claims that most programs for the mentally retarded are, at best, dehumanizing. Professionals have an ethical obligation to refuse to refer children to such programs. (Author)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Human Dignity, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Health Programs, Mental Retardation, Professional Personnel, Psychiatric Hospitals, Social Problems

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