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Download full textHerr, Stanley S. – 1979
The booklet discusses the legal rights of the retarded focusing on the question of advocacy. A number of issues relating to setting priorities in legal services programs are examined with respect to the retarded. Resources for legal advocacy for the retarded are listed and described, including community legal services programs, state advocacy…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Lawyers, Legal Aid, Mental Retardation
Herr, Stanley S. – 1979
The book explores the legal profession's role in protecting the rights of mentally handicapped individuals. Section 1 provides background on mental retardation and residential care, explaining that mental retardation and poverty are closely interrelated. Section 2 reviews the long accepted public policy of supplanting institutional care with…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Civil Liberties, Community Services, Institutionalized Persons
