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In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
| In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller |
| Autore | Smith J. David <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Children with disabilities - Education
Inclusive education Children with disabilities - Care - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4833-6264-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Power and Epiphany�Reflections on the Personal and Cultural Value of Disabilities""; ""The Value of Disability""; ""Part I - My Own Journey""; ""Chapter 1 - Disability and Revelation: Lessons Learned and Flying Squirrels""; ""Chapter 2 - Learning to Love, Loving to Learn: Mike and the Clown Faces""; ""Chapter 3 - Inclusion, Exclusion, and other Matters of the Heart: The Story of Nan""; ""Chapter 4 - Disabling Prejudice: Aunt Celie and the Marble Cake""
""Chapter 5 - Lessons in Patois: Learning to be a Jamaican""""Chapter 6 - A Father�s Proud Moment: The Day My Daughter became a Gifted Samaritan""; ""Chapter 7 - Recapturing the Spirit of Caring: Uncle, Brownie, and Sausage Biscuits""; ""Part I: Questions to Ponder""; ""Part II - Disability, Science, and Pseudoscience""; ""Chapter 8 - Eugenics, Old and New: Mensa and the Human Genome Project""; ""The Tragedy of Involuntary Sterilization""; ""Eugenics: A Continuing Legacy""; ""The Human Genome Project and Mental Retardation""; ""Mental Retardation, “Felt Necessities,� and Ethics"" ""Chapter 9 - Eugenics Revisited: Buck versus Bell and The Bell Curve""""Chapter 10 - Old Texts, Disabilities, and the Persistent Argument: For Whom the Bell Curves""; ""Chapter 11 - Different Voices of Advocacy: Helen Keller and Burton Blatt""; ""Helen Keller: A Magnificent Exception""; ""Helen Keller and the Parameters of Advocacy""; ""Burton Blatt�s Advocacy: The Golden Rule and beyond""; ""Legacies and Challenges""; ""Chapter 12 - A Place or No Place for Disabilities: Disney�s Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs�s Eugenics, and Visions of Utopian Perfection"" ""Tarzan and the Triumph of Heredity""""Burroughs on Genetic Predetermination""; ""Burroughs on Breeding for Utopia""; ""Utopia and Disabilities""; ""Chapter 13 - The Polio Vaccine Research and Children with Disabilities: Sacrifices for the Miracle""; ""Personal Reflections on Polio""; ""The Salk Vaccine and “Institutionalized� Research""; ""Feeding Live Polio Virus to Children with Disabilities""; ""Research and Disabilities: Other Cases""; ""Claiming a Place of Value for People with Disabilities: The Continuing Struggle""; ""Part II: Questions to Ponder"" ""Part III - Disability in Historical and Literary Perspectives""""Chapter 14 - Disability and the Need for a Romantic Science: Darwin�s Last Child""; ""Chapter 15 - Words of Understanding, Concepts of Inclusiveness: The Wisdom of Margaret Mead""; ""Chapter 16 - The Question of Differential Advocacy: Laura Bridgman""; ""Constructing the Disability of Mental Retardation""; ""Disability and Invisibility""; ""Laura Bridgman: The First Miracle""; ""Chapter 17 - Disabilities and the Challenges of Equality: Looking Backward, Looking Forward""; ""Looking Backward""; ""Looking Forward"" ""Chapter 18 - Diversity and Disability: Individuality and Mental Retardation"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480305203321 |
Smith J. David <1944->
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| Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
| In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller |
| Autore | Smith J. David <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Children with disabilities - Education
Inclusive education Children with disabilities - Care - History |
| ISBN | 1-4833-6264-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Power and Epiphany�Reflections on the Personal and Cultural Value of Disabilities""; ""The Value of Disability""; ""Part I - My Own Journey""; ""Chapter 1 - Disability and Revelation: Lessons Learned and Flying Squirrels""; ""Chapter 2 - Learning to Love, Loving to Learn: Mike and the Clown Faces""; ""Chapter 3 - Inclusion, Exclusion, and other Matters of the Heart: The Story of Nan""; ""Chapter 4 - Disabling Prejudice: Aunt Celie and the Marble Cake""
""Chapter 5 - Lessons in Patois: Learning to be a Jamaican""""Chapter 6 - A Father�s Proud Moment: The Day My Daughter became a Gifted Samaritan""; ""Chapter 7 - Recapturing the Spirit of Caring: Uncle, Brownie, and Sausage Biscuits""; ""Part I: Questions to Ponder""; ""Part II - Disability, Science, and Pseudoscience""; ""Chapter 8 - Eugenics, Old and New: Mensa and the Human Genome Project""; ""The Tragedy of Involuntary Sterilization""; ""Eugenics: A Continuing Legacy""; ""The Human Genome Project and Mental Retardation""; ""Mental Retardation, “Felt Necessities,� and Ethics"" ""Chapter 9 - Eugenics Revisited: Buck versus Bell and The Bell Curve""""Chapter 10 - Old Texts, Disabilities, and the Persistent Argument: For Whom the Bell Curves""; ""Chapter 11 - Different Voices of Advocacy: Helen Keller and Burton Blatt""; ""Helen Keller: A Magnificent Exception""; ""Helen Keller and the Parameters of Advocacy""; ""Burton Blatt�s Advocacy: The Golden Rule and beyond""; ""Legacies and Challenges""; ""Chapter 12 - A Place or No Place for Disabilities: Disney�s Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs�s Eugenics, and Visions of Utopian Perfection"" ""Tarzan and the Triumph of Heredity""""Burroughs on Genetic Predetermination""; ""Burroughs on Breeding for Utopia""; ""Utopia and Disabilities""; ""Chapter 13 - The Polio Vaccine Research and Children with Disabilities: Sacrifices for the Miracle""; ""Personal Reflections on Polio""; ""The Salk Vaccine and “Institutionalized� Research""; ""Feeding Live Polio Virus to Children with Disabilities""; ""Research and Disabilities: Other Cases""; ""Claiming a Place of Value for People with Disabilities: The Continuing Struggle""; ""Part II: Questions to Ponder"" ""Part III - Disability in Historical and Literary Perspectives""""Chapter 14 - Disability and the Need for a Romantic Science: Darwin�s Last Child""; ""Chapter 15 - Words of Understanding, Concepts of Inclusiveness: The Wisdom of Margaret Mead""; ""Chapter 16 - The Question of Differential Advocacy: Laura Bridgman""; ""Constructing the Disability of Mental Retardation""; ""Disability and Invisibility""; ""Laura Bridgman: The First Miracle""; ""Chapter 17 - Disabilities and the Challenges of Equality: Looking Backward, Looking Forward""; ""Looking Backward""; ""Looking Forward"" ""Chapter 18 - Diversity and Disability: Individuality and Mental Retardation"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797310703321 |
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Smith J. David <1944->
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| Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller
| In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family / / J. David Smith ; indexer, Kathy Paparchontis ; cover designer, Tracy E. Miller |
| Autore | Smith J. David <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Children with disabilities - Education
Inclusive education Children with disabilities - Care - History |
| ISBN | 1-4833-6264-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Power and Epiphany�Reflections on the Personal and Cultural Value of Disabilities""; ""The Value of Disability""; ""Part I - My Own Journey""; ""Chapter 1 - Disability and Revelation: Lessons Learned and Flying Squirrels""; ""Chapter 2 - Learning to Love, Loving to Learn: Mike and the Clown Faces""; ""Chapter 3 - Inclusion, Exclusion, and other Matters of the Heart: The Story of Nan""; ""Chapter 4 - Disabling Prejudice: Aunt Celie and the Marble Cake""
""Chapter 5 - Lessons in Patois: Learning to be a Jamaican""""Chapter 6 - A Father�s Proud Moment: The Day My Daughter became a Gifted Samaritan""; ""Chapter 7 - Recapturing the Spirit of Caring: Uncle, Brownie, and Sausage Biscuits""; ""Part I: Questions to Ponder""; ""Part II - Disability, Science, and Pseudoscience""; ""Chapter 8 - Eugenics, Old and New: Mensa and the Human Genome Project""; ""The Tragedy of Involuntary Sterilization""; ""Eugenics: A Continuing Legacy""; ""The Human Genome Project and Mental Retardation""; ""Mental Retardation, “Felt Necessities,� and Ethics"" ""Chapter 9 - Eugenics Revisited: Buck versus Bell and The Bell Curve""""Chapter 10 - Old Texts, Disabilities, and the Persistent Argument: For Whom the Bell Curves""; ""Chapter 11 - Different Voices of Advocacy: Helen Keller and Burton Blatt""; ""Helen Keller: A Magnificent Exception""; ""Helen Keller and the Parameters of Advocacy""; ""Burton Blatt�s Advocacy: The Golden Rule and beyond""; ""Legacies and Challenges""; ""Chapter 12 - A Place or No Place for Disabilities: Disney�s Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs�s Eugenics, and Visions of Utopian Perfection"" ""Tarzan and the Triumph of Heredity""""Burroughs on Genetic Predetermination""; ""Burroughs on Breeding for Utopia""; ""Utopia and Disabilities""; ""Chapter 13 - The Polio Vaccine Research and Children with Disabilities: Sacrifices for the Miracle""; ""Personal Reflections on Polio""; ""The Salk Vaccine and “Institutionalized� Research""; ""Feeding Live Polio Virus to Children with Disabilities""; ""Research and Disabilities: Other Cases""; ""Claiming a Place of Value for People with Disabilities: The Continuing Struggle""; ""Part II: Questions to Ponder"" ""Part III - Disability in Historical and Literary Perspectives""""Chapter 14 - Disability and the Need for a Romantic Science: Darwin�s Last Child""; ""Chapter 15 - Words of Understanding, Concepts of Inclusiveness: The Wisdom of Margaret Mead""; ""Chapter 16 - The Question of Differential Advocacy: Laura Bridgman""; ""Constructing the Disability of Mental Retardation""; ""Disability and Invisibility""; ""Laura Bridgman: The First Miracle""; ""Chapter 17 - Disabilities and the Challenges of Equality: Looking Backward, Looking Forward""; ""Looking Backward""; ""Looking Forward"" ""Chapter 18 - Diversity and Disability: Individuality and Mental Retardation"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817391203321 |
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Smith J. David <1944->
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| Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Our better angels : stories of disability in life, science, and literature / / J David Smith
| Our better angels : stories of disability in life, science, and literature / / J David Smith |
| Autore | Smith J. David <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Skyhorse Publishing, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi,146 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.908 |
| Soggetto topico |
People with disabilities
Disabilities - Social aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-5107-0100-1 |
| Classificazione | SOC029000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction: Power and Epiphany-Reflections on the Personal and Cultural Value of Disabilities -- The Value of Disability -- Part I: My Own Journey -- 1. Disability and Revelation: Lessons Learned and Flying Squirrels -- 2. Learning to Love, Loving to Learn: Mike and the Clown Faces -- 3. Inclusion, Exclusion, and Other Matters of the Heart: The Story of Nan -- 4. Disabling Prejudice: Aunt Celie and the Marble Cake -- 5. Lessons in Patois: Learning to Be a Jamaican -- 6. A Father's Proud Moment: The Day My Daughter Became a Gifted Samaritan -- 7. Recapturing the Spirit of Caring: Uncle, Brownie, and Sausage Biscuits -- Part I: Questions to Ponder -- Part II: Disability, Science, and Pseudoscience -- 8. Eugenics, Old and New: Mensa and the Human Genome Project -- The Tragedy of Involuntary Sterilization -- Eugenics: A Continuing Legacy -- The Human Genome Project and Mental Retardation -- Mental Retardation, "Felt Necessities," and Ethics -- 9. Eugenics Revisited: Buck Versus Bell and The Bell Curve -- 10. Old Texts, Disabilities, and the Persistent Argument: For Whom the Bell Curves -- 11. Different Voices of Advocacy: Helen Keller and Burton Blatt -- Helen Keller: A Magnificent Exception -- Helen Keller and the Parameters of Advocacy -- Burton Blatt's Advocacy: The Golden Rule and Beyond -- Legacies and Challenges -- 12. A Place or No Place for Disabilities: Disney's Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs's Eugenics, and Visions of Utopian Perfection -- Tarzan and the Triumph of Heredity -- Burroughs on Genetic Predetermination -- Burroughs on Breeding for Utopia -- Utopia and Disabilities -- 13. The Polio Vaccine Research and Children With Disabilities: Sacrifices for the Miracle -- Personal Reflections on Polio.
The Salk Vaccine and "Institutionalized" Research -- Feeding Live Polio Virus to Children With Disabilities -- Research and Disabilities: Other Cases -- Claiming a Place of Value for People With Disabilities: The Continuing Struggle -- Part II: Questions to Ponder -- Part III: Disability in Historical and Literary Perspectives -- 14. Disability and the Need for a Romantic Science: Darwin's Last Child -- 15. Words of Understanding, Concepts of Inclusiveness: The Wisdom of Margaret Mead -- 16. The Question of Differential Advocacy: Laura Bridgman -- Constructing the Disability of Mental Retardation -- Disability and Invisibility -- Laura Bridgman: The First Miracle -- 17. Disabilities and the Challenges of Equality: Looking Backward, Looking Forward -- Looking Backward -- Looking Forward -- 18. Diversity and Disability: Individuality and Mental Retardation -- A Memory From Ignacy Goldberg -- Jack London's "Told in the Drooling Ward" -- The Typology of Mental Retardation -- Mental Retardation: Redefining or Disaggregating? -- Part III: Questions to Ponder -- Epilogue: Finding a Voice-The Story of Bill -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158971703321 |
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Smith J. David <1944->
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| New York, New York : , : Skyhorse Publishing, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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