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MLA Sample Paper
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Social Justice on Sesame Street 2010
13 November 1978
MLA Sample Paper: People with Disabilities as a Special Population
Within the past century, we have witnessed a tremendous change in the awareness of
people with disabilities. Now, we have private and public organizations, social services, and
ordinary citizens standing up for the awareness and equal treatment of people with disabilities.
However, even with the advances, this population is still considered a special population (Suppes
and Wells 492).
About 80 years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the statute in Buck v. Bell that the state
could enforce mandated sterilization for the mentally handicapped for the protection and health
of the state (Chew 124). The case Buck v. Bell is based on a woman named Carrie Buck who
was a “feeble-minded woman” and the daughter of a “feeble-minded woman” and both were
committed in the same mental institution (Chew 306).
Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech in 1929 on the rehabilitation of the
mentally and physically handicapped. The speech commends the mental health population in the
changes that have occurred in their generation for the treatment of people with disabilities
(Roosevelt).
NOTE: This handout is intended as a supplement to the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly
Publishing, 7th edition. It is not meant to replace it.
Updated 9 /2011
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Works Cited
Chew, Kevin. “Buck V. Bell and ‘Bad Genes’.” AutismVox. Web. 5 November 2008.
Roosevelt, Franklin. “An Address on Rehabilitation of the Mentally and Physically
Handicapped.” New York. 13 July 1929. Speech.
Suppes, Mary, and Carolyn Wells. The Social Work Experience. 4th ed. New York: McGraw
Hill, 2003. Print.
NOTE: This handout is intended as a supplement to the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly
Publishing, 7th edition. It is not meant to replace it.
Updated 9 /2011