Downey, Dennis B. editor. Conroy, James W. editor. text monographic xviii, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; "A comprehensive study of the history of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital (1908-87), a state-operated institution in Pennsylvania for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Explores Pennhurst's enduring impact on the disability civil rights movement in America"-- The idea of Pennhurst : eugenics and the abandonment of hope / Dennis B. Downey -- Living in a world apart / J. Gregory Pirmann -- The veil of secrecy : a legacy of exploitation and abuse / James W. Conroy and Dennis B. Downey -- Suffer the little children : an oral remembrance / Bill Baldini -- The rise of family and organizational advocacy / Janet Albert-Herman and Elizabeth Coppola -- From PARC to Pennhurst : the legal argument for equality / Judith A. Gran -- The rise of self-advocacy : a personal remembrance / Mark Friedman and Nancy K. Nowell -- The Pennhurst longitudinal study and public policy : how we learned that people were better off / James W. Conroy -- Touring the ecology of the abandoned / Heath Hofmeister and Chris Peecho Cadwalader -- Preservation : a case study of collective conscience / Nathaniel Guest -- The final indignity and the dawning of hope / Emily Smith Beitiks. edited by Dennis B. Downey and James W. Conroy ; with a foreword by Dick and Ginny Thornburgh. "Keystone books." Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-259) and index. Intellectual disability facilities patients Care Pennsylvania History Intellectual disability facilities patients Abuse of Pennsylvania History Intellectual disability facilities patients Deinstitutionalization Pennsylvania History Intellectual disability facilities patients Legal status, laws, etc Pennsylvania History 362.2/10974813 9780271086033