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50 Years of ERIC
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Enkin, Marvin I. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1979
Some of the recent changes in the organization and delivery of residential services for the mentally retarded in British Columbia are discussed. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Child Advocacy, Facilities, Foreign Countries
Winzer, Margaret; O'Connor, Anne – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1982
The history of the eugenics movement is reviewed. The authors conclude that, despite changed terminology and a shifting emphasis, advocacy of eugenics and its discrimination against poor and mentally retarded persons still persists today. (MC)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Low Income Groups, Mental Retardation, Social Attitudes