Mental Deficiency Institution in Britain c. 1956 (IMAGE)

Queen Mary University of London

Mental Deficiency Institution in Britain c. 1956

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Before the 1959 Mental Health Act, many children with what would now be recognised as autism were housed in institutions for 'mental defectives'.

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