![]() ![]() Hence, the question of priority in human discovery is always contested. NONE but God can do anything of himself alone. Ultimately, Seguin defined idiocy as a defect of will, not of brain function. He promoted the manipulation of objects as a path to fostering curiosity. He advocated stimulating the senses to awaken the mind. Seguin introduced gymnastics and other physical exercises. ![]() Seguin taught Hervey Wilbur, the superintendent of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, about how to combine moral treatment, curing mentally disabled people in nurturing home-like settings, with physiological treatment, the exercising of the will to overcome the lassitude and passivity which seemed to define people deemed idiots. ![]() In 1876, he became the first president of the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Persons, later the American Association on Mental Retardation. In France, Seguin learned about moral treatment for the insane and opened a school for mentally disabled children in 1839. Introduction: Edouard Seguin was a Frenchman who worked with Jean Marc Gaspar Itard, who haddiscovered andeducated Victor, the Wild Boy of Averyon. In: Antebellum Period, Disability, Eras in Social Welfare History, Feeble-minded/Mentally Retarded, Social Welfare Issues Origin Of The Treatment And Training Of IdiotsĪn article by Edward Seguin in the “American Journal of Education,” 1856 Edouard Seguin (1812 – 1880) French-born American psychiatrist who pioneered modern educational methods for teaching the severely retarded. ![]()
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