Children with Disabilities in America: A Historical Handbook and Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313331466)

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.

Author: Philip L. Safford,Elizabeth J. Safford
ISBN-10: 0313331464
ISBN-13: 9780313331466
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2005
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 10.32h x 7.14w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 625
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2007 pg. 161
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 339