Broken: Institutions, Families, and the Construction of Intellectual Disability 9780773555570

An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families. An exploration of the impact o

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Broken: Institutions, Families, and the Construction of Intellectual Disability
 9780773555570

Table of contents :
Cover
BROKEN
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology
Introduction: The Asylum’s Accomplice, or the Creation of Intellectual Disability
PART ONE INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN CONTEXT
1 Institutions for the Feebleminded: Theory, History, and Context
2 Ontario’s Institutional Legacy
3 Choosing to Institutionalize: Politics, Families, and the Pressures of Cold War Conformity
PART TWO STORIES
4 Survivors: “It wrecked me sadly”
5 Siblings: “He was a secret”
6 Parents
7 Former Staff and Key Informants
PART THREE CONCLUSIONS
8 Power, Governance, and the Construction of Intellectual Disability
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
References
Index

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