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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.
Contents
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
