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Old Words And New Challenges
I wish we had the time to go on with this and to give a searching look at our institutions and community services in terms of existing terminology, since we would find over and over again programs which are at a standstill because the kind of words used to describe the program are restrictive in themselves, and therefore do not suggest providing the proper care for these individuals. "Custodial care" is an example....
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Title: Old Words And New Challenges
Creator: Gunnar Dybwad (author)
Date: 1962
Format: Speech
Source: Friends of the Samuel Gridley Howe Library and the Dybwad Family
Keywords: Advocacy; American Association On Mental Deficiency; Attendants; Chicago, IL; Children; Civil Liberties & Rights; Cognitive Disability; Economics; Education; Family; Government; Gunnar Dybwad; Human Rights; Illinois; Institutions; Mental Retardation; Nomenclature; Parenting; Policy; Prejudice; President's Panel On Mental Retardation; Psychiatric Disability; Service Organizations; Social Welfare & Communities; The Arc
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy
Note: Presented at the 1962 National Association for Retarded Children Convention in Chicago.