Public and Professional Constructions of Mental Retardation: Glen Ridge and the Missing Narrative of Disability Rights.

Biklen, Douglas; Schein, Philip Lambert

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ERIC Number: EJ639208

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Public and Professional Constructions of Mental Retardation: Glen Ridge and the Missing Narrative of Disability Rights.

Biklen, Douglas; Schein, Philip Lambert

Mental Retardation, v39 n6 p436-51 Dec 2001

This article discusses a court case of an adolescent labeled retarded who was sexually assaulted. It examines implications of being spoken about and of others speaking for the labeled person. It then considers how a disability rights/People First framework could shift public and professional understandings and responses to human abuse. (Contains references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Court Litigation, Empowerment, Females, Labeling (of Persons), Mental Retardation, Personal Narratives, Rape, Self Advocacy, Self Determination, Sexual Abuse, Social Bias, Stereotypes

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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