Psychology 2043A/B Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - History and Social Forces in Special Education

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2043A/B
• Professor: Sarah - Smits Bandstra

Document Summary

Lecture 2 - history and social forces in special education. Early 19th century, exceptional children were not allowed to go to school instead placed in institutions. Exceptional children stayed at home or were placed in institutions. Huronia regional centre (asylum for idiots) in orillia ontario established in 1876 - ontario"s first large scale publicly funded asylum for those diagnosed as mentally deficient (1968, had. In early 1900"s, people with developmental disability were seen as ill and they were seen as patients and they had to be fixed - and not on the education or changing the environment around the patient. Ontario department of health was responsible for ontario institutions. 1974 - things began to change and it shifted towards the educational setting. Eugenics movement and attitudes towards people with disabilities. People with mental health conditions (down syndrome and autism) lumped together as having a health problem.