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"AND
NOW LET'S BUILD A BETTER WORLD":
THE
STORY OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE HELP OF RETARDED CHILDREN, NEW YORK CITY
1948 - 1998
DAVID
GOODE
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
DECEMBER,
1998
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have the option to either download the history in its entirety by
clicking on History of AHRC or the individual chapters below.
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CONTENTS
| Dedication |
2 |
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| Acknowledgments |
3
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Chapter
1
A Short History of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Retardation
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6-17
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Chapter
2
Birth |
18-34
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Chapter
3
"And Now
Let's Build a Better World": The Formation of AHRC |
35-42
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Chapter
4
"An Idea
Whose Time Has Come": Joseph T. 'Jerry' Weingold
and the First Years of AHRC |
43-65
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Chapter
5
Growing Up
in the 1950's and 1960's |
66-76
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Chapter
6
Deinstitutionalization
and Community Integration: The 1970's and 1980's |
77-92 |
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Chapter
7
AHRC Today
and Into the Twenty-First Century |
93-134 |
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| End
Notes |
135-142 |
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| References |
143
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