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 | ||
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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 |
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 |
Smith J. David <1944->
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 | ||
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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 |
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 |
Smith J. David <1944->
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2003 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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