Becoming citizens : family life and the politics of disability /

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"Following the Second World War, a generation of Seattle parents went against conventional medical wisdom and refused to institutionalize their children with developmental disabilities. This book presents a visual narrative of thirteen of these remarkable families. With a rich array of intervie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schwartzenberg, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Parents of children with disabilities > Washington (State) > Personal narratives.
Learning disabled children > Family relationships > Washington (State)
Special education > Parent participation > Washington (State)
Legal assistance to children > Washington (State)
People with mental disabilities.
Children.
Child Advocacy > history
Persons with Mental Disabilities
Caregivers
Child
Deinstitutionalization > history
History, 20th Century
Mainstreaming, Education > history
Parents d'enfants handicapés > Washington (État) > Récits personnels.
Enfants en difficulté d'apprentissage > Relations familiales > Washington (État)
Éducation spéciale > Participation des parents > Washington (État)
Aide juridique aux enfants > Washington (État)
Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle.
Enfants.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
mentally handicapped.
children (people by age group)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > General.
EDUCATION > General.
People with mental disabilities
Children
Learning disabled children > Family relationships
Legal assistance to children
Parents of children with disabilities
Special education > Parent participation
Washington
Washington (State)
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • About children
  • The Nelsons
  • The Dolans
  • The Safioleses
  • The Pyms
  • The Werners
  • About schools
  • The Taggarts
  • The Hiramatsus
  • The Chapmans
  • The Basses
  • Education for all
  • About citizens
  • Marie Strausbaugh
  • Lance Peake
  • Jeff McNary
  • Sharon Gowdey.

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