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ERIC Number: EJ626384
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-6765
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"Me? I'm not a drooler. I'm the Assistant": Is It Time To Abandon Mental Retardation as a Classification?.
Smith, J. David; Mitchell, Alison L.
Mental Retardation, v39 n2 p144-46 Apr 2001
This article uses a short story by Jack London to discuss the classification of individuals with mental retardation and argues that mental retardation and its various definitions are manifestations of the typological thinking that inevitably creates a simplistic and misleading aggregation of people with very diverse needs and characteristics. (Contains five references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Classification, Disability Discrimination, Labeling (of Persons), Mental Retardation, Stereotypes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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