Bibliograph

Children with disabilities in America, a historical handbook and guide, edited by Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford

Type

Label

Children with disabilities in America, a historical handbook and guide, edited by Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Children with disabilities in America

Nature of contents

handbooksdictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

607791894

Responsibility statement

edited by Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford

Series statement

Children and youth,, 1546-6752

Sub title

a historical handbook and guide

Summary

Images of disabled children are found throughout well-known works of literature, film, and even opera. Their characters range from sweet, to brave, to tragic. Disabled children are also a part of the reality of life either in personal ways or as poster girls and boys for drives and causes. Behind these images is a historical presence that has been created by the societies in which these children live and have lived. This work examines current knowledge about children's experience of physical, cognitive, and emotional/behavioral impairments from the Colonial period to the present, while reveali

Table Of Contents

pt. I. Essays -- 1. Multilingual, multicultural, multitalented : the history of a diverse people / Roberta Thoryk, Angela Battistone-Potosky, Fred Palchik -- 2. Reaching across the divide : visual disability, childhood, and American childhood / Carol Linsenmeier, Jeff Moyer -- 3. The progressive movement and the child with physical disabilities / Brad Byrom -- 4. A matter of difference : a contextual perspective on the history of children with mental retardation in the United States / Elizabeth L. Brennan -- 5. Children being different, difficult, or disturbed in America / Philip L. Safford, Elizabeth J. Safford -- pt. II. Resource documents -- Deafness and childhood -- Visual disability and childhood -- Other physical disability and childhood -- Cognitive disability and childhood -- Troubled, troubling, and troublesome children -- pt. III. Bibliography and resources for inquiry -- I.A sampling of self-narratives by persons with disabilities -- II. A sampling of narratives about persons with disabilities -- III. A sampling of literary sources concerning persons with disabilities -- IV. Narratives about nondisabled Americans important in the history of persons with disabilities -- V. Sources of historical information about children with disabilities in America -- VI. A sampling of references on the history of childhood -- VII. Resources on the World Wide Web -- Disability studies : historical resources -- Children's literature and disability -- Other resources for and about persons with disabilities

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