A perfect turmoil Walter E. Fernald and the struggle to care for America's disabled

From the moment he became superintendent of the nation's oldest public school for intellectually and developmentally disabled children in 1887 until his death in 1924, Dr. Walter E. Fernald led a wholesale transformation of our understanding of disabilities in ways that continue to influence our vie...

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Main Author: Green, Alex (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2025.
Edition:[Trade paperback edition].
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505 0 |a Rise (1859-1905) -- Fall (1906-1916) -- Reckoning (1917-1924). 
520 |a From the moment he became superintendent of the nation's oldest public school for intellectually and developmentally disabled children in 1887 until his death in 1924, Dr. Walter E. Fernald led a wholesale transformation of our understanding of disabilities in ways that continue to influence our views today. How did the man who designed the first special education class in America, shaped the laws of entire nations, and developed innovative medical treatments for the disabled slip from idealism into the throes of eugenics before emerging as an opponent of mass institutionalization? Based on a decade of research, A Perfect Turmoil is the story of a doctor, educator, and policymaker who was unafraid to reverse course when convinced by the evidence, even if it meant going up against some of the most powerful forces of his time. 
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