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Book

Author
Cocks, Errol
Title
Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia
Imprint
Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1996
Description

'Under Blue Skies' was edited by Errol Cocks, Charlie Fox, Mark Brogan and Michael Lee. Chapters are written by a range of authors and cover legislation, institutions, services key events and experiences of intellectually disability in Western Australia from 1829 to 1995.

Libraries Australia Catalogue Entry
http://nla.gov.au/andb.bib-an12819414

Related Publications

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  • Gillgren, Christina, 'Once a Defective, always a Defective: Public Sector Residential Care 1900-1965', in Errol Cocks (ed.), Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia, Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1996, pp. 53-91. Details
  • Megahey, Norman, 'Living in Fremantle Asylum: The Colonial Experience of Disability 1829-1900', in Errol Cocks (ed.), Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia, Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1996, pp. 13-52. Details
  • Rayner, Moira and Cockram, Judith, 'The Response of the Law to Intellectual Disability in Western Australia 1829-1993', in Errol Cocks (ed.), Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia, Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1996, pp. 137-165. Details
  • Stella, Leonie, 'Normalisation and Beyond: Public Sector Residential Care 1965-1990', in Errol Cocks (ed.), Under blue skies : the social construction of intellectual disability in Western Australia, Centre for Disability Research and Development, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, 1996, pp. 92-136. Details