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Chapter One
What is Learning Disability?
JEANETTE RENNIE
INTRODUCTION
In the UK the term 'learning disability' is used to mean mental retardation
or intellectual disability (see Table 1.4 and Chapter 2). It is used throughout
this book except where it is important to record terminology of a particular
period.
A number of writers have described the history of the concept of mental
retardation - for example Morris (1969), Scheerenberger (1987), Trent (1994)
and Harris (2006). This chapter examines the way in which history has influenced
treatment and management of associated physical disabilities. It does
not deal in depth with social and educational developments or specify the
work of individual voluntary agencies, nor does it detail all legislation that
impinges upon learning disability.
The chapter is divided into sections describing:
the events and attitudes leading to the establishment of institutions and
organisational developments within them
the concept of community care for people with ... read full excerpt from Learning Disability: Physical Therapy Treatment and Management, A Collaborative Appoach ebook
