| Description |
ix, 342 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Childhood and disability: a legacy of neglect -- Enlightment and revloution -- Childhood, education, and social reform -- Deafness, communication, and identity -- Blindnes: charity to independence -- Mental retardation, educability, and worth -- Body, mind, and spirit: children's physical and health impairments -- Feared victims: dependent, neglected, disturbed, and delinquent youth -- Children with communication and processing disabilities -- Dimensions of a "new History." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and index. |
| Subject |
Children with disabilities -- History.
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Children with disabilities -- Education -- History.
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Special education -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
Handicapped children History |
| Added Author |
Safford, Elizabeth J., 1958-
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| ISBN |
0807734853 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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