Beyond the Feeble Mind: Foregrounding the Personhood of Inmates with Significant Intellectual Disabilities in the Era of Institutionalization

This essay explores the experiences of persons with significant intellectual disabilities at the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children (later Brandon Training School) in the period 1915-1960.  We discuss the limits of existing histories of intellectual disability in accounting for the disti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Holly Allen, Erin Fuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2016-05-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
Subjects:
sex
Online Access:http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/5227