Christmas In Purgatory A Photographic Essay On Mental.
Buy Christmas in Purgatory: a Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation by Burton Blatt, Fred Kaplan (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.Mental Retardation; Right of the Institutionalized to Treatment; Health Care for Mentally Disabled Persons; Collections. EthxWeb: Literature in Bioethics;. Christmas in Purgatory: A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation. Creator. Blatt, Burton and Kaplan, Fred. Bibliographic Citation. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1966. 122 p.Christmas In Purgatory: A Photographic Essay On Mental Retardation There is a hell on earth, and in America there is a special inferno. We were visitors there during Christmas, 1965.
This photographic essay serves as great chronicle of what conditions used to be like at one time in our history of the treatment of the disabled. It should be used not only as a reminder of how far we have come but to never go back to that place again.A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation. be assured that this book reflects the conscientious research of a well-informed. For example, the average. CHRISTMAS IN PURGATORY A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation BURTON BLATT Syracuse University Centennial Professor and Director, Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation.
More than just a book, Christmas in Purgatory opened up the eyes of a nation to the horrible conditions many developmentally disabled people endured. Imagine people in America living in concentration camp type settings. Imagine critical services being denied. Imagine hours and days and years of neglect.
