The Disability Gulag. Harriet McBryde Johnson.
by Johnson, Harriet Mcbryde; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 101Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Home care services | Inmates of institution | Institutional care | Medicaid | People with disabilities -- Services forDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Grandmother lost her mother in the early 1900's to what was considered progressive policy. To protect society from the insane, feebleminded and physically defective, states invested enormous public capital in institutions, often scattered in remote areas. Into this state-created disability gulag people disappeared, one by one. Today, more than 1.7 million mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, are lost in America's disability gulag." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) The author, a disabled-rights activist, argues against state-sponsored institutionalization for those with severe disabilities, noting that allowing Medicaid to finance in-home services would not only make the funds go further but would give recipients greater freedom to live more normal lives.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: The Disability Gulag, Nov. 23, 2003; pp. 58+.
"Grandmother lost her mother in the early 1900's to what was considered progressive policy. To protect society from the insane, feebleminded and physically defective, states invested enormous public capital in institutions, often scattered in remote areas. Into this state-created disability gulag people disappeared, one by one. Today, more than 1.7 million mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, are lost in America's disability gulag." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) The author, a disabled-rights activist, argues against state-sponsored institutionalization for those with severe disabilities, noting that allowing Medicaid to finance in-home services would not only make the funds go further but would give recipients greater freedom to live more normal lives.
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