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Familial fitness : disability, adoption, and family in modern America

Title
Familial fitness : disability, adoption, and family in modern America / Sandra M. Sufian.
Author
Sufian, Sandra M. (Sandra Marlene)
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago, 2021.

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1 online resource.
Subject
  • Special needs adoption > United States > History > 20th century
  • Adoption > United States > History > 20th century
  • Children with disabilities > Psychological testing > United States
  • Foster parents > United States
Note
  • Includes index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
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  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
Introduction. Disability and belonging in adoption history -- Expecting normality: 1918-1955. Exclusionary practices in the age of eugenics and child welfare ; Risk equivalence and the postwar family -- Working toward inclusion: 1955-1980. Love, acceptance, and the narrative of overcoming ; From overcoming to programmatic solutions -- Continued obstacles: 1980-1997. Institutional and structural barriers to the adoption of children with disabilities ; The limits of inclusion -- Epilogue. A usable past: thinking about contemporary practice in light of history.
ISBN
  • 9780226808673 (electronic bk.)
  • 022680867X (electronic bk.)
OCLC
ebd1460929377
Author
Sufian, Sandra M. (Sandra Marlene), author.
Title
Familial fitness : disability, adoption, and family in modern America / Sandra M. Sufian.
Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago, 2021.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Original 9780226808536 022680853X 9780226808703 022680870X (DLC) 2021031076
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