In search of better angels : stories of disability in the human family /: stories of disability in the human family. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Stories of disability in the human family
• Further Information: Note: J. David Smith.
• Other Names: Smith, J. David, 1944-
• Contents: Disability and revelation: lessons learned and flying squirrels -- Learning to love, loving to learn: Mike and the clown faces -- Inclusion, exclusion, and other matters of the heart: the story of Nan -- Disabling prejudice: Aunt Celie and the marble cake -- Lessons in patois: learning to be Jamaican -- A father's proud moment: the day my daughter became a gifted Samaritan -- Recapturing the spirit of caring: Uncle, Brownie, and sausage biscuits -- Eugenics, old and new: Mensa and the Human genome project -- Eugenics revisited: Buck versus Bell and The bell curve -- Old texts, disabilities, and the persistent argument: for whom the bell curves -- Different voices of advocacy: Helen Keller and Burton Blatt -- A place or no place for disabilities: Disney's Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs's eugenics, and visions of utopian perfection -- The polio vaccine research and children with disabilities: sacrifices for the miracle -- Disability and the need for a romantic science: Darwin's last child -- Words of understanding, concepts of inclusiveness: the wisdom of Margaret Mead -- The question of differential advocacy: Laura Bridgman -- Disabilities and the challenges of equality: looking backward, looking forward -- Diversity and disability: individuality and mental retardation.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages)
• Subjects: 371.9; Children with disabilities -- Education; Inclusive education; Children with disabilities -- Care -- History; Children with disabilities -- Care; Children with disabilities -- Education; Inclusive education; Éducation spéciale; Histoire; Intégration scolaire; Intégration sociale; Thème littéraire; Trouble d'apprentissage; Handicap; Handicapé; Behinderung; Erziehung; Kind; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483360454; 1483360458
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.