An edition of The state boys rebellion (2003)
The state boys rebellion
By Michael D'Antonio
Publish Date
2003
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
eng
Pages
308
Description:
Discusses the mid-twentieth-century practice of institutionalizing children with low IQ scores and recounts the story of boys at a state school in Massachusetts who fought for their freedom.
subjects: Abuse of, Boys, Child abuse, Children with mental disabilities, History, Inmates of institutions, Institutional care, Walter E. Fernald State School, Institutionalized Child, Mentally Disabled Persons, Psychiatric Hospitals, Garçon, Enfant handicapé mental, Institutionalized Adolescent, History, 20th Century, Histoire, 20e siècle, Eugenics, Enfant maltraité, Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation, Soins en institution, Residential Facilities, Professional Misconduct, Persons with Mental Disabilities
Places: Massachusetts, Waltham