Title Broken : institutions, families, and the construction of intellectual disability / Madeline C. Burghardt

Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 246 pages) Series McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 50 McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 50. Contents Cover; BROKEN; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Terminology; Introduction: The Asylum's Accomplice, or the Creation of Intellectual Disability; PART ONE: INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN CONTEXT; 1 Institutions for the Feebleminded: Theory, History, and Context; 2 Ontario's Institutional Legacy; 3 Choosing to Institutionalize: Politics, Families, and the Pressures of Cold War Conformity; PART TWO: STORIES; 4 Survivors: "It wrecked me sadly"; 5 Siblings: "He was a secret"; 6 Parents; 7 Former Staff and Key Informants; PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS; 8 Power, Governance, and the Construction of Intellectual Disability; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; References; Index Summary "After 133 years of operation, the 2009 closure of Ontario's government-run institutions for people with intellectual disabilities has allowed accounts of those affected to emerge. In Broken, Madeline Burghardt draws from narratives of institutional survivors, their siblings, and their parents to examine the far-reaching consequences of institutionalization due to intellectual difference. Beginning with a thorough history of the rise of institutions as a system to manage difference, Broken provides an overview of the development of institutions in Ontario and examines the socio-political conditions leading to families' decisions to institutionalize their children. Through this exploration, other themes emerge, including the historical and arbitrary construction of intellectual disability and the resulting segregation of those considered a threat to the well-being of the family and the populace; the overlap between institutionalization and the workings of capitalism; and contemporaneous practices of segregation in Canadian history, such as Indian residential schools. Drawing from people's direct, lived experiences, the second half of the book gathers poignant accounts of institutionalization's cascading effects on family relationships and understandings of disability, ranging from stories of personal loss and confusion to family breakage. Adding to a growing body of work addressing Canada's treatment of historically marginalized peoples, Broken exposes the consequences of policy based on socio-political constructions of disability and difference, and of the fundamentally unjust premise of institutionalization."-- Provided by publisher An exploration of the impact of institutionalization in the lives of Canadian families Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2018) Subject People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Ontario -- History People with mental disabilities -- Government policy -- Ontario -- History People with mental disabilities -- Family relationships -- Ontario -- History People with mental disabilities -- Ontario -- Social conditions POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. People with mental disabilities -- Family relationships People with mental disabilities -- Government policy People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care People with mental disabilities -- Social conditions Ontario Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773555570 0773555579 9780773555587 0773555587

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