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Excerpt from: The Lost Years Unfortunately by introducing in the educational realm the terms educable and trainable we have merely helped to reinforce the old classical division between idiots, imbeciles and morons which still to-day dominates our institutions, and which denies the imbecile or trainable any substantial potential for growth.... | ![]() Read Full Text |
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Title: | The Lost Years | |
Creator: | Gunnar Dybwad (author) | |
Date: | September 15, 1960 | |
Format: | Speech | |
Source: | Friends of the Samuel Gridley Howe Library and the Dybwad Family | |
Keywords: | Advocacy; Architecture; Canada; Canadian Association For Retarded Children; Children; Civil Liberties & Rights; Cognitive Disability; Down Syndrome; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Family; Government; Government Agencies; Gunnar Dybwad; Institutions; Laws & Regulation; Medicine & Science; Montreal, Canada; Nomenclature; Parenting; Physical Disability; Policy; Service Organizations; Social Welfare & Communities; The Arc | |
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Note: | Presented at the 3rd Annual Convention, Canadian Association for Retarded Children, Montreal. |