Yes I am human: Autobiography of a “retarded career”
1980; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/1520-6629(198001)8
ISSN1520-6629
Autores Tópico(s)Retirement, Disability, and Employment
ResumoA preliminary account of on-going life history research with a “mentally retarded” man is reported. At the time the subject was selected, he was identified by an official agency and by himself as “mentally retarded.” He had been living in group home facilities with other retarded people for 17 years. Midway in the first two years of interviewing, a battery of psychological tests were administered revealing, by such criteria, he was a well-adjusted man of average intelligence. Discussion focuses on comparison of the alternative versions he constructed of his life experiences as a retarded person, before and after the disclosure that he was not mentally retarded.
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