The Social Meaning of Mental Retardation: Two Life Stories (Special Education Series)

By Steven J. Taylor and Robert Bogdan

What does it mean to be mentally retarded? This book features two autobiographical accounts by Ed and Patty, former inmates of institutions. The authors argue that Ed and Patty challenge the very concept of mental retardation and assert that it is, in fact, an imaginary disease.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807733431
• ISBN13: 9780807733431
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"