Book of Donmon Teith

The problem of how to treat the mentally handicapped attracted much attention from American reformers in the first half of the twentieth century. In this book,

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as "unproductive citizens." Before that, d

Pity, disgust, fear, cure, and prevention--all are words that Americans have used to make sense of what today we call intellectual disability. Inventing the Fee

Pity, disgust, fear, cure, and prevention--all are words that Americans have used to make sense of what today we call intellectual disability. Inventing the Fee

In the first half of the twentieth century, white elites who dominated Virginia politics sought to increase state control over African Americans and lower-class