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"AND NOW LET'S BUILD A BETTER WORLD":
THE STORY OF THE AHRC, NEW YORK CITY
1948 - 1998

DAVID GOODE
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

DECEMBER, 1998

The History of AHRC was written by David Goode, a professor at the City University of New York, in December of 1998 for the occasion of AHRC New York City's 50th Anniversary.

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History of AHRC

CONTENTS

Dedication	2

Acknowledgments	3

Chapter 1 A Short History of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Retardation	6-17

Chapter 2 Birth	18-34

Chapter 3 "And Now Let's Build a Better World": The Formation of AHRC	35-42

Chapter 4 "An Idea Whose Time Has Come": Joseph T. 'Jerry' Weingold and the First Years of AHRC	43-65

Chapter 5 Growing Up in the 1950's and 1960's	66-76

Chapter 6 Deinstitutionalization and Community Integration: The 1970's and 1980's	77-92

Chapter 7 AHRC Today and Into the Twenty-First Century	93-134

End Notes	135-142

References	143