How Long to Read Abandoned to Their Fate

How Long Does it Take to Read Abandoned to Their Fate?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Abandoned to Their Fate by Philip M. Ferguson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"Covering a 100-year period in the history of the social policy and practice toward people with severe mental retardation, Abandoned to Their Fate looks at the lives of people once labeled "idiots," "hopeless," or "unteachable." Ferguson examines the problem of what he terms "chronicity," the definition of some of the disabled population as beyond successful treatment or training that would make them suitable for reentry into daily life. He argues that the construction of this hopeless population was necessary in order to demonstrate the success of new approaches to treatment." "The government, physicians, and families faced the quandary of what to do with people categorized as "feebleminded." Those who failed to respond to education or treatment were institutionalized, kept isolated except for contact with others like themselves, and simply left to a fate of neglect and exclusion. This book centers on a typical facility in New York. The Rome State Custodial Asylum for Unteachable Idiots (later the Rome Developmental Center) adopted a system of "custodialism" that is representative of the pattern of care provided by most American institutions in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many of the treatments lauded in the supposed "golden age" of progressive reform are challenged by Ferguson as popular myths." "Even with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the federal policy of deinstitutionalization, Ferguson contends that the lives of many disabled people, particularly those with severe or multiple disabilities, have not significantly improved. Concluding that for most people in the United States reform has yet to arrive, he draws clear connections between the policy and reform initiatives of the past and those of the present."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

How long is Abandoned to Their Fate?

Abandoned to Their Fate by Philip M. Ferguson is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Abandoned to Their Fate Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Abandoned to Their Fate aloud.

What Reading Level is Abandoned to Their Fate?

Abandoned to Their Fate is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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