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ERIC Number: EJ513478
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-6765
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A Humanist's Legacy: Burton Blatt and the Origins of the Disability Rights Movement.
Herr, Stanley S.
Mental Retardation, v33 n5 p328-31 Oct 1995
This article recounts the words and deeds of Burton Blatt, a writer, educator, and exposer of abuses of human rights in institutions housing people with mental retardation. His life is seen as an inspiration for those now providing moral leadership in the continuing fight against indifference to human rights abuses and social darwinism. (DB)
Descriptors: Biographies, Civil Rights, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, History, Humanism, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Social Action
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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