Title Confronting the stigma in their lives : helping people with a mental retardation label / by James R. Dudley ; with a foreword by Robert B. Edgerton

Published Springfield, Ill., U.S.A. : C.C. Thomas, [1997] ©1997

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Description xviii, 196 pages ; 26 cm Contents Foreword / Robert B. Edgerton -- 1. Introduction: So How Should I Refer to the People Who are the Focus of this Book? -- 2. The Significance of Stigma -- 3. The Promotion of Stigma -- 4. A Separate World -- 5. Keen Awareness of Stigma -- 6. Coping with Stigma -- 7. Confronting Stigma: A General Approach -- 8. Promoting Friendships and Other Close Associations -- 9. Private Work -- 10. Advocating for Self-Advocacy -- 11. A Plan to Eliminate Stigma in the Mental Retardation System -- 12. Leaving the Mentally Retarded World Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Subject Discrimination against people with disabilities. People with mental disabilities -- Psychology. People with mental disabilities -- Social conditions. Stigma (Social psychology) LC no. 96037186 ISBN 0398067376 (cloth) 0398067384 (paperback)

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