The Rights of People with Mental Disabilities: The Authoritative Guide to the Rights of People with Mental Illness and Mental Retardation

by Robert M. Levy and Hon. Robert M Levy

Book Overview

In this completely revised and updated ACLU handbook, Levy and Rubenstein use a simple question-and-answer format to clearly and concisely explain the rights of people with mental disabilities.

People with mental disabilities, whether with mental illness or mental retardation, have endured a long history of degradation, stigma, fear, and even hatred. In the 1920s, they were considered a "blight on mankind." Government publications described...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080931990X
• ISBN13: 9780809319909
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"