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

Contributor(s): Series: Children and youth (Westport, Conn.)Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.Description: xv, 201 p. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0313331464 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.4083/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV888.5 .D57 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Multilingual, multicultural, multitalented: the history of a diverse people / Roberta Thoryk, Angela Battistone-Potosky, and Fred Palchik -- Reaching across the divide: visual disability and American childhood / Carol Linsenmeier and Jeff Moyer -- The progressive movement and the child with physical disabilities / Brad Byrom -- A matter of difference: a contextual perspective on the history of children with mental retardation in the United States / Elizabeth L. Brennan -- Children being different, difficult, or disturbed in America / Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford -- Resource documents -- Deafness and childhood -- Visual disability and childhood -- Other physical disability and childhood -- Cognitive disability and childhood -- Troubled, troubling, and troublesome children -- Bibliography and resources for inquiry -- A sampling of self-narratives by persons with disabilities -- A sampling of narratives about persons with disabilities -- A sampling of literary sources concerning persons with disabilities -- Narratives about nondisabled Americans important in the history of persons with disabilities -- Sources of historical information about children with disabilities in America -- A sampling of references on the history of childhood -- Resources on the World Wide Web -- Disability studies: historical resources -- Children's literature and disability -- Other resources for and about persons with disabilities.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV888.5 .D57 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000980960

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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