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Roberts, Bill; Hamilton, Carol – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This article recounts the life-story of one man who was "diagnosed" as intellectually disabled in the early 1960s. It details the time he spent in a special residential school in the Irish Republic after acquiring this label and outlines the bullying and abuse he experienced. It includes his struggle as an adult to come to terms with his…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Bullying, Mental Retardation, Residential Schools