Joey Deacon: a suitable case for labelling?
Joey Deacon is a quadriplegic spastic patient resident in an institution for the mentally handicapped. He has no speech but has written his own biography. After fifty years residence a strategy was devised by which his intelligence could be assessed; it showed that had had a normal level of intelligence. The assessment strategy is described and some of the implications are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D013240:Stereotyping; D014825:Vocabulary