TY  - BOOK
AU  - R. Daniel Linneman
PY  - 2001
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1058-1634
TI  - Idiots
T2  - Stories about Mindedness and Mental Retardation
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1092721
N2  - Idiots: Stories about Mindedness and Mental Retardation is a book about four children and the people who, in many respects, define their humanity. Mindedness is a quality associated with humanity that receives little attention in the scientific literature of mental retardation. The children's stories are written against the prevailing glare of the diagnoses traditional canon. Confronting mental retardation as a socially constructed disease that implies having something less than a mind, this book speaks to the rewards awaiting those who are willing to look beyond the disciplinary boundaries that define the diagnosis.
KW  - humanity, diagnosis, disease
LA  - English
ER  -