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Responding to the challenge : current trends and international issues in developmental disabilities : essays in honor of Gunnar Dybwad
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- Creator
- Hank Bersani, Jr., editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Cambridge, MA : Brookline Books, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 238 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781571290755, 1571290753
- OCLC
- ocm41504511
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Foreword / Stanley S. Herr -- In Celebration of Gunnar Dybwad / Hank Bersani, Jr. -- Sect. I. Conceptual Issues. 1. The Medical Model: A Mostly Historical Discussion / Allen C. Crocker. 2. The Role of Science in Advancing the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilities / Trevor R. Parmenter. 3. Architectural Trends and Values: From Humanizing Institutions to Inclusive Communities / Elaine Ostroff. 4. The Metaphor of Mental Retardation: Rethinking Ability and Disability / Douglas Biklen -- Sect. II. Legal Issues. 5. From Deficiency to Equality: How are Canada's New Constitutional Protections Working for Persons with Disabilities? / Orville Endicott. 6. The Rights Revolution: From Isolation To Wyatt, Wyoming, And Beyond / Stanley S. Herr. 7. On the Closing of Mansfield Training School / Robert Perske -- Sect. III. International Issues. 8. People with Mental Retardation and Europe 2000: Comparing Cultural Trends and Different Experiences / Ann-Margrethe Brandt. 9. Getting There: How Are We Doing Internationally? / Walter Eigner and Helmut Spudich. 10. Overcoming Challenges of Organizational Retardation: A Convoluted Approach to Addressing the Eye Care Needs of People with Mental Retardation in Israel / Richard E. Isralowitz. 11. Meeting the Challenge of Intellectual Disability: An International Perspective / Peter Mittler. 12. Discussion on the Future Design of Residential Care for Persons with Mental Retardation in Japan / Akihiko Takahashi. 13. The 'Lebenshilfe' in Germany / Tom Mutters. 14. The Situation of Mentally Handicapped Persons and Their Families in Eastern Europe / Tom Mutters -- Sect. IV. Self-Advocacy Issues. 15. On Being Left Out / Barb Goode. 16. Gentle Words To Self-Advocate Friends / Robert Perske. 17. Who Teaches Us? / Michael J. Kennedy. 18. Tokenism - It Doesn't Look Good!!! / Liz Obermayer. 19. Who Speaks for Whom? Issues of Advocacy / Ann Shearer and Alison Wertheimer
- 20. Not to Yield / Robert Williams Parsons Cutler, Jr. -- Sect. V. Family Issues. 21. An Unanticipated Life: The Impact of Lifelong Caregiving / Marty Wyngaarden Krauss and Marsha Mailick Seltzer. 22. Gender, Disability, and Community Life: Toward a Feminist Analysis / Rannvelg Traustadottir. 23. In Her Own Home: The Experiences of Catherine Schaefer / Zana Marie Lutfiyya -- Sect. VI. Conclusion. 24. Impatience, Mountains and the Moon / Gerald Provencal -- App. 1. Curriculum Vitae of Gunnar Dybwad -- App. 2. Concluding Remarks from Gunnar Dybwad -- App. 3. A Final Tribute to Rosemary F. Dybwad