# Isolation, Enlargement, and Economization: Intellectual Disability in Late Modern Times (1930 ce to 1950 ce)

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##### Topics

Inclusion, Learning disabilities & delays, Professional development, Teacher interaction

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Excerpts

##### Author

J. David Smith, Steven Noll, and Michael L. Wehmeyer

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In this chapter, the authors examine the increase in number of institutions in America and the deplorable, dehumanizing, and overcrowded conditions of such facilities during the mid-1900s.

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