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Children with disabilities in America : a historical handbook and guide
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Children with disabilities in America : a historical handbook and guide

Author: Philip L Safford; Elizabeth J Safford
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Series: Children and youth (Westport, Conn.)
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Philip L Safford; Elizabeth J Safford
ISBN: 0313331464 9780313331466
OCLC Number: 61529761
Description: xv, 201 p. ; 27 cm.
Contents: pt. I. Essays -- 1. Multilingual, multicultural, multitalented : the history of a diverse people / Roberta Thoryk, Angela Battistone-Potosky, Fred Palchik -- 2. Reaching across the divide : visual disability, childhood, and American childhood / Carol Linsenmeier, Jeff Moyer -- 3. The progressive movement and the child with physical disabilities / Brad Byrom -- 4. A matter of difference : a contextual perspective on the history of children with mental retardation in the United States / Elizabeth L. Brennan -- 5. Children being different, difficult, or disturbed in America / Philip L. Safford, Elizabeth J. Safford -- pt. II. Resource documents -- Deafness and childhood -- Visual disability and childhood -- Other physical disability and childhood -- Cognitive disability and childhood -- Troubled, troubling, and troublesome children -- pt. 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.
Series Title: Children and youth (Westport, Conn.)
Responsibility: edited by Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford.
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