« Full and Useful Lives » : La déficience intellectuelle au sein du discours médical canadien (1956-1972).

Articles published between 1956 and 1972 in the () and the () reflect the Canadian medical community's certain interest in mental retardation during this period. Much of the scientific production in this area at that time seems to have been aimed at alleviating the economic burden of mental retardation by making the mentally retarded person autonomous and capable of performing an economic function. This article intends to highlight this ambition to discipline the mentally retarded through the study of the and articles.