 | Inside Out: Two First-person accounts fo what it means to be labeled @quot;Mentally Retarded@quot; What does it mean to be 'mentally retarded'? Professors Bogdan and Taylor have interviewed two experts, 'Ed Murphy' and 'Pattie Burt,' for answers. Ed and Pattie, former inmates of institutions for the retarded, tell us in their own words. Bogdan Robert : Robert Bogdan, Professor Emeritus of Cultural Foundations of Education and Sociology at Syracuse University, has published and lectured widely on the problems, treatment, and education of the handicapped. Taylor Steven :Steven J. Taylor (1949-2014) was Co-Director Centennial Professor of Disability Studies and Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University. He served as an expert witness and consultant in civil rights cases on behalf of the mentally retarded and presented testimony in the U.S. Senate on deinstitutionalization. Sarason Seymour B. :Seymour B. Sarason (1919-2010) was a distinguished Professor of Psychology at Yale University. |
