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Journal on Developmental Disabilities

The Journal on Developmental Disabilities is a peer-reviewed journal with a growing regional and international readership.


Volume 8, Number 2 – Historical Construction of Developmental Disability

Table of Contents

Editors and Review Board i

Editorial

Chasing Shadows: The Historical Construction of Developmental Disability
Tim Stainton and Patrick McDonagh
vii

Articles

What is Developmental Disability? The Origin and Nature of Our Conceptual Models
C. F. Goodey
1
Medieval Charitable Institutions and Intellectual Impairment c.1066-1600
Timothy Stainton
19
The Role of Victorian Women in the Care of “Idiots” and the “Feebleminded”
Peter Carpenter
31
Medicine vs. Psychology: The Emergence of a Professional Conflict in Development Disability
Murray K. Simpson
45
“Only an Almost”: Helen MacMurchy, Feeble Minds, and the Evidence of Literature
Patrick McDonagh
61
Lessons From The Past: Child Victims with Developmental Disabilities in Nazi Germany
Sally Rogow
75