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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part I Essays Chapter 1 Multilingual, Multicultural, Multitalented: The History of a Diverse People Roberta Thoryk, Angela Battistone-Potosky, and Fred Palchik Chapter 2 Reaching Across the Divide: Visual Disability and American Childhood Carol Linsenmeier and Jeff Moyer Chapter 3 The Progressive Movement and the Child with Physical Disabilities Brad Byrom Chapter 4 A Matter of Difference: A Contextual Perspective on the History of Children with Mental Retardation in the United States Elizabeth L. Brennan Chapter 5 Children Being Different, Difficult, or Disturbed in America Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford Part II Resource Documents Deafness and Childhood Visual Disability and Childhood Other Physical Disability and Childhood Cognitive Disability and Childhood Troubled, Troubling, and Troublesome Children Part 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 Name Index Subject Index
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Children with disabilities -- United States -- History.
Children with disabilities -- United States -- Education -- History.
Children with disabilities -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.