CHRISTMAS IN PURGATORY: A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY ON MENTAL RETARDATION
Burton Blatt and Fred Kaplan (1974)

Now with Photo CD

Order No. HPP-3 ISBN 0-937540-00-5

This classic photo essay of legally sanctioned human abuse in state institutions was written and photographed (1965) long before the current right-to-treatment lawsuits on behalf of institutionalized people. This important book is still available. Download an order form or see the HPP order form for more information.

THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL MODELS
Wolf Wolfensberger (1975)

Revised with Historical Photographs

Order No. HPP-4 ISBN 0-937540-03-X

This history of institutions provides descriptive data, historical quotations, and ideological insights into how institutions have traditionally treated persons labeled "retarded." It is not a book about people with mental retardation or disabilities but a book about our society and how institutions create disabilities.
 
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Please note that the slide show, THE FAMILY ALBUM: VIEWS OF RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS FOR MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE, is no longer being distributed. The slides are now available in the new Media Package, Revisiting The Vision: Selected Works of Burton Blatt. For information on these and other materials, contact:

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