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Informationen zum Autor PHILIP L. SAFFORD is Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, and Associate Director of Teacher Licensure, Case Western University. ELIZABETH J. SAFFORD is Reference Librarian, Nevins Library, Methuen, Mass. Klappentext 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 revealing the social constructions of both disability and childhood throughout American history. Just as disability has been advanced as an essential consideration in other historical inquiries, such as that of gender, this is a work intended to demonstrate the critical role of disability with respect to the history of childhood. Zusammenfassung 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 reality as poster girls and boys for drives and causes. This work demonstrates the critical role of disability with respect to the history of childhood. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Essays Multilingual, Multicultural, Multitalented: The History of a Diverse People by Roberta Thoryk, Angela Battistone-Potosky, and Fred Palchik Reaching Across the Divide: Visual Disability and American Childhood by Carol Linsenmeier and Jeff Moyer The Progressive Movement and the Child with Physical Disabilities by Brad Byrom A Matter of Difference: A Contextual Perspective on the History of Children with Mental Retardation in the United States by Elizabeth L. Brennan Children Being Different, Difficult, or Disturbed in America by 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 Name Index Subject Index ...
