Intellectual disability and the myth of
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C. F. Goodey; Tim Stainton
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract This article investigates the historical sources for the idea of the βchangelingβ or substitute child as an explanation for congenital intellectual disability. Preβmodern sources for this idea are elite and theological as much as popular and folkloric, nor do they refer to intellectual